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His GRACE THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT, J.P., D.L., M.F.H.
THE MOST HON. THE MARQUIS OF BUTE.
THE MOST HON. THE MARQUIS CAMDEN, J.P., D.L.
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF PEMBROKE, P.C., G.C.V.O.
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF JERSEY, P.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G.,
J.P, D.L.
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DUNRAVEN AND MOUNTEARL,
K.P., P.C, C.M.G., J.P.
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL CAWDOR, P.C., A.D.C., J.P., D.L.
LORD LIEUTENANT OF PEMBROKESHIRE.
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF PLYMOUTH, P.C., C.B., J.P., D.L.
LORD LIEUTENANT OF GLAMORGANSHIRE.
THE RIGHT HON. THE VISCOUNT HEREFORD, J.P., D.L.
THE RIGHT HON. THE VISCOUNT TREDEGAR, J.P., D.L., LL.D.
LORD LIEUTENANT OF MONMOUTHSHIRE.
THE RIGHT REV. JOHN OWEN, M.A., D.D., BISHOP OF ST. DAVID'S.
THE RIGHT REV. FRANCIS JOHN JAYNE, M.A., D.D., J.P.
BISHOP OF CHESTER.
f HE RIGHT HON. THE BARON DYNEVOR, D.L., J.P.
THE RIGHT HON. THE BARON ABERDARE, J.P., D.L., V.D.
THE RIGHT HON. THE BARON GLANUSK, D.S.O., J.P.
LORD LIEUTENANT OF BRECONSHIRE.
THE RIGHT HON. THE BARON GLANTAWE, J.P., D.L.
COLONEL THE HON. FREDERIC COURTENAY MORGAN, J.P., D.L., V.D.
SIR FRANCIS CARADOC ROSE PRICE, BT., J.P.
SIR JAMES HAMLYN WILLIAMS WILLIAMS-DRUMMOND, BT., J.P.
LORD LIEUTENANT OF CARMARTHENSHIRE.
SIR HERBERT EDMUND FRANKLAXD LEWIS, BT., J.P., D.L.
SIR EDWARD JOHN WEBLEY- PARRY- PRYSE, Bt., J.P., M.F.H.
SIR RICHARD DANSEY GREEN-PRICE, BT., J.P.
SIR OWEN HENRY PHILIPPS SCOURFIELD, BT., J.P., D.L.
SIR POWLETT CHARLES JOHN MILBANK, BT., J.P., D.L.
LORD LIEUTENANT OF RADNORSHIRE.
SIR CHARLES EDWARD GREGG PHILIPPS, BT., J.P.
LORD LIEUTENANT OF HAVERFORDWEST.
SIR WILLIAM THOMAS LEWIS, BT., J.P., D.L.
SIR CLIFFORD JOHN CORY, BT., M.P., J.P.
HERBERT DAVIES-EVANS, ESQ.
LORD LIEUTENANT OF CARDIGANSHIRE.
LADY JONES-BRYDGES.
ADMIRAL SIR ALGERNON MCLENNAN LYONS, G.C.B., J.P., D.L.
SIR GRIFFITH THOMAS, J.P.,
COLONEL JAMES ROBERT PARKINSON, J.P.
LlEUT.-CoLONEL HENRY EDZELL MORGAN LlNDSAY, R.E., J.P.
LlEUT.-CoLONEL JOHN RlCHARD HoWELL, J.P., D.L.
LlEUT.-COLONEL WlLLIAM PRICE LLEWELLYN LEWES, J.P., D.L.
LlEUT.-CoLONEL HoWELL RlCHARD JONES-WlLLIAMS, J.P.
MAJOR ANTHONY POWELL TRAHERNE, J.P.
MAJOR HUGH EDWARD BONSALL, J.P.
MAJOR CHARLES GRESFORD IRVING EDMONDES, J.P.
MAJOR CHARLES HERBERT DAVIS CASS, D.S.O.
MAJOR THOMAS HENRY DOWDESWELL, V.D.
CAPTAIN HUBERT CECIL PRICHARD, J.P.,
CAPTAIN WILLIAM LEWES, J.P.
CAPTAIN CHARLES HARCOURT GAM WOOD, J.P.
JOHN WILLIAM WILLIS-BUND, ESQ., M.A., LL.B., J.P., D.L., F.S.A.
WILLIAM HENRY PHILIPPS JENKINS, ESQ., J.P., D.L.
JOSEPH EDWARD MOORE-GWYN, ESQ., J.P., D.L
EDWARD PRYSE LLOYD, ESQ., J.P., D.L.
JOHN CHARLES HARFORD, ESQ., J.P., D.L.
CHARLES COLTMAN ROGERS, ESQ., M.A., J.P., D.L.
CHARLES LEYSHON DILLWYN-VENABLES-LLEWELYN, ESQ., J.P., D.L.
HENRY MARTYN KENNARD, ESQ., J.P., D.L., F.R.G.S.
ABRAHAM GARROD THOMAS, ESQ., M.D., D.L., J.P.
ROBERT WILLIAM LLEWELLYN, ESQ., J.P., D.L.
THE VERY REV. HEXRY DONALD MAURICE SPENCE-JONES, M.A., D.D.,
J.P., DEAN OF GLOUCESTER AND
PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY AT
THE ROYAL ACADEMY.
THE REV. THOMAS ROGERS DAVIES, B.D., J.P.
THE REV. DANIEL GRIFFITHS.
THE REV. THOMAS MASON JONES.
MRS. EMILY FLORENCE THURSBY-PELHAM.
RICHARD LLEWELLIN LLOYD, ESQ., J.P.
MERVYN LLOYD PEEL, ESQ., M.A., LL.B., J.P.
WILLIAM YALDEN NEVILL, ESQ., J.P.
CHARLES HENRY DE WINTON, ESQ., J.P.
RICHARD POYER LEWIS PENN, ESQ., J.P.
JOHN DUNCAN, ESQ., J.P., F.J.I.
GODFREY EVAN SCHAW PROTHEROE-BEYNON, ESQ., J.P.
FRANK CARROLL COBDEN, ESQ., J.P.
CHARLES EVANS DAVIS MORGAN-RICHARDSON, ESQ., J.P.
GEORGE BEVAN BOWEN, ESQ., J.P.
HUGH NEVILL, ESQ., M.A., J.P.
GEORGE WILLIAM WHITMORE GREEN-PRICE, ESQ., J.P.
CORNELIUS LE BRUN POWELL, ESQ., J.P.
JOHN EDWARDS VAUGHAN, ESQ., J.P.
MRS. T. H. R. HUGHES, M.F.H.
CHARLES COOMBE TENNANT, ESQ., J.P.
FREDERICK WILLIAM HARRIS, ESQ., J.P.
MRS. FRANKLEN OF CLEMENSTONE.
MORGAN THOMAS, ESQ., J.P.
MRS. CRAWSHAY OF TY-MAWR.
JOHN THOMAS, ESQ., J.P.
DAVID LEWIS JONES, ESQ., J.P.
THOMAS DAVIES, ESQ., J.P.
MRS. GWENLLIAN PRICE.
DR. JOHN MORGAN, J.P.
WILLIAM WATKIN LEIGH, ESQ., M.R.C.S., J.P.
MORRIS DAVIES, ESQ., J.P.
DAVID ROBERT JONES, ESQ., J.P.
ARTHUR DAVID DAVIES, ESQ., J.P.
DAXIEL JEXKIX WILLIAMS, ESQ., J.P.
GEORGE HEXRY DAVEY, ESQ., J.P.
HOWEL WALTERS, ESQ., J.P.
HEXRY NATIIAXIEL MIERS, ESQ., J.P.
WILLIAM TO\VERS SMITH, ESQ.
Joux HOWARD GRIFFITHS, ESQ.
DAVID CRAXOGWY PARRY, ESQ.
JAMES HARRIES, ESQ.
WILLIAM GNVYXXE STEDMAX THOMAS, ESQ.
DAVID GEORGE GRIFFITHS, ESQ.
ARTHUR THOMAS WILLIAMS, ESQ.
THOMAS JOXES, ESQ.
His GRACE THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT, J.P., D.L.
fiis Grace Cfcc Duke of Beaufort,
K.6., 3.P., D.C., IK.M>.
ONE would search in vain the records of our old nobility to find
a family whose history and achievements have a greater
brilliance and more romantic interest than that of which
His Grace the gth Duke of Beaufort is now the illustrious head.
In many spheres have the representatives of the family played a
distinguished part, and their history, closely allied as it has been
with many stirring events in our island story, has about it that
glamour and touch of romance which will ever be remembered.
For over four hundred years the family has been one of the
most notable in England. In 1496 Charles Somerset, a son of
Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, was created a Knight-Banneret,
made a Knight of the Garter, and appointed Captain of the Guards.
He married Elizabeth, only daughter and heiress of William
Herbert, Earl of Huntingdon, Lord Herbert of Ragland, Chepstow,
and Gower, in whose right he assumed the title of Lord Herbert.
As such he was summoned to Parliament in the first year of
Henry VIII. As a reward for the distinguished part he had in the
taking of Terouenne and Tournay (at which battle he commanded
six thousand foot), his lordship was created Lord Chamberlain for
life, and was raised to the"- dignity of Earl of Worcester in 1514, in
which year he represented his King at the marriage of Mary Tudor
with Louis XII. of France.
It is a noteworthy circumstance that, through the troublous
times of the Tudor ages, the Earls of Worcester guided the fortunes
of the family with the happiest results. A great favourite at Court,
as had been his sires before him, despite their adhesion to the old
faith, Edward, 4th Earl of Worcester, held, as a Catholic, a
unique position of influence with Elizabeth and James I. Queen
Elizabeth is reported as having said that he reconciled what she
believed impossible— " a stiff Papist and a good subject." In his
youth, too, he was considered " the best horseman and tilter of
his time." To his third son, Thomas, he bequeathed the Boteler
Estate. By his marriage with the Dowager Countess of Ormond,
Thomas extended the range of his landed possessions, and when,
in 1626, he was created Viscount Somerset of Cashel, co. Tipperary,
the sum of his success was, with one exception, complete. There
was no son of the marriage. The only child, Elizabeth, inherited
the joint fortunes of her parents, and she, dying unmarried,
bequeathed Badminton — to this day one of the stately homes of the
Dukes of Beaufort — to her cousin Henry Somerset, then Lord
Herbert, who later succeeded to the Marquessate of Worcester, and
was eventually raised to the most elevated dignity in the English
peerage as Duke of Beaufort.
To return to the Viscount Somerset's elder brother, Henry,
who succeeded to the Earldom of Worcester in 1627-28. Like his
father, the 5th Earl stood high in Royal esteem, and a staunch
supporter of the Royal cause, he rendered Charles I. such assistance
as well earned for him the Marquessate he had conferred upon him
in 1642. Not one of the King's subjects could have advanced such
financial help to his Majesty when the Civil War broke out as did
the gallant defender of Raglan Castle, who, garrisoning that stronghold
at his own expense, held out till August, 1646, longer, be it said, than
any other fortress. The Marquess did not long survive the many
troubles of those stirring times, and died in December of the same
year.
Another very distinguished Royalist was the 2nd Marquess
of Worcester, who, attaching himself zealously to the Royal cause,
was made Lord Lieutenant of North Wales, and addressed by His
Majesty as Earl of Glamorgan, until he succeeded to his heritable
honours. Not only for fealty, but as a scientist and inventor, was
he distinguished in his day. When the exigencies of the times
compelled him to discard his mechanical pursuits, he fought and
negotiated alongside the bravest and most astute of the King's
followers, and after inheriting his father's empty title, lived a good
deal abroad. Of course, the estates of the Somersets were forfeited,
an Act of Parliament, for instance, bestowing the lordship of Chepstow
on Cromwell himself.
Important developments followed the coming of age of the
eldest son of the delinquent 2nd Marquess, who had had only a
life interest in much of the property, which was settled on his eldest
son in tail.
A friend of Cromwell and a Protestant, this Lord Herbert,
who was Member for Monmouthshire in the last part of the Rump
Parliament, adopted a determined, and to a great extent successful
attitude, with regard to his rightful inheritance, and as, after the
demise of his cousin, he came into the possession of Badminton
also, a position of influence and considerable wealth was assured.
After the Protector's death, however, he joined the party that
demanded a "full and free" Parliament, which was the practical
equivalent of demanding the Restoration. He was involved in the
Royalist Plot of July, 1659, and was for a short time committed to
the Tower. He sat in the Convention Parliament, which met under
Monck's auspices, and was one of the Twelve Commissioners from
the Lower House who attended Charles II. at Breda, on the eve of
the Restoration. By letters patent, dated December 2nd, 1682,
the Marquess was advanced to the title of Duke of Beaufort, as
"having been eminently serviceable to the King since his most
happy restoration, in consideration thereof and of his most noble
descent from King Edward III., by John de Beaufort, eldest son of
John of Gaunt, by Catherine Swynford."
In the reign of James II., his Grace continued in his office of
President of Wales, and his semi-royal progress through the
Principality was the last of its kind. As Lord Lieutenant of Bristol
City, he successfully resisted Monmouth's invasion, the King
at Badminton expressing his satisfaction at the Duke's consistent
loyalty. Again in 1688, his Grace was concerned in the defence of
Bristol, this time against the advances of William. The Duke voted
for a regency in preference to the offer of the crown to William,
Prince of Orange. Refusing to subscribe the oaths of allegiance to
that monarch, he lived for some time in retirement, but later waited
on William III., at Windsor, and subsequently taking the oaths, was
so far reconciled as to entertain the King at Badminton in Septem-
ber, 1694. His Grace died in 1699, and was buried in the Beaufort
Chapel at Windsor, where an elaborate monument was set up to his
memory. This was removed to Badminton in 1878. A great
magnate of the West, the ist Duke spent much of his time in
hunting, planning, and building. He was almost Puritanical in
strictness in matters relating to discipline and conduct, and in every
respect his mode of life contrasted with the accepted traditions of
the manners of the nobility under Charles II. A striking half-
length portrait of his Grace, by Sir Peter Lely, is in the possession
of the present Duke at Badminton.
The successors of that illustrious ducal ancestor have
worthily maintained the traditions of their noble House. The 8th
Duke of Beaufort, K.G., P.C., who died in 1899, was, before
succeeding to the Dukedom in 1853, Member of Parliament for
East Gloucestershire for seven years. Lord Lieutenant of the
County of Monmouth, he was for some time Master ol the Horse,
and Lieutenant-Colonel of the ist Life Guards and the 7th Hussars.
His Grace married, in 1845, Lady Georgiana Charlotte Curzon
(eldest daughter of Richard, ist Earl Howe, G.C.H.), who died May
I4th, 1906.
The present Duke (Sir Henry Adelbert Wellington Fitz Roy
Somerset), who was born on May iQth, 1847, married, on October
gth, 1895, Louise Emily, daughter of the late W. H. Harford, Esq.,
D.L., of Oldown, Almondsbury, co. Gloucester, and widow of Baron
Carlo de Tuyll, and has issue one son and two daughters. His Grace
has had a long period of military service. He served with the Royal
Horse Guards from 1865-78, and is at present the Hon. Colonel of
the Gloucestershire Imperial Yeomanry, of which he was formerly
Lieutenant-Colonel commanding ; and he is Aide-de-Camp to His
Majesty King Edward VII. There is a peculiar fitness in the
position his Grace occupies as Master of Foxhounds, especially in
connection with that famous pack, the Badminton. The Somersets
have ever been noted for their prowess in the hunting field, though
none perhaps has excelled the skill displayed in this sphere of
activity by the 7th Duke of Beaufort, whose portrait is allotted a
prominent place in Royal Hunts and the Badminton Hunt, and who
figures as one of the great hunters in the pages of Nimrod. It was
the 7th Duke, too, who joined the loth Hussars in 1810, served as
Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular,
1812-14, during which period he was once captured by some
members of Soult's staff.
A great deal of attention is given by the Duke of Beaufort to
the management of his very extensive estates, which bear the
happiest reflection of the personal interest his Grace takes in
the welfare of the thousands of tenants who gladly give him that
allegiance which one would naturally expect of such a contented
community.
His Grace is Hereditary Keeper of Raglan Castle and High
Steward of Bristol, and is Deputy-Lieutenant of the Counties of
Monmouth, Gloucester, and Brecon. His dignities include
those of Marquess and Earl of Worcester, Earl of Glamorgan,
Viscount Grosmont, Baron Herbert of Chepstow, Ragland, and
Gower, Baron Beaufort of Caldecott Castle, and Baron de
Botetourt.
Llangattock Park, the Breconshire seat belonging to his
Grace — a beautifully wooded domain — is about 400 acres in extent.
Near by are the remains of Crickhowell Castle, which is supposed
to have been originally founded by the Normans. Records show
that Edward IV., soon after his accession to the throne, granted the
Manors of Crickhowell and Tretower to his friend and favourite,
Sir William Herbert, of Raglan Castle, Kt., whom he afterwards
created Earl of Pembroke, which title, at the request of the King, was
given up in exchange for the Earldom of Huntingdon by Sir
William's son and successor, whose only daughter and heiress,
the Lady Elizabeth Herbert, conveyed these estates by marriage
to Sir Charles Somerset, Kt., afterwards created Earl of Worcester,
from whom by lineal descent they have been transmitted to the
present noble owner, the Duke of Beaufort.
The Town Hall at Llangattock was erected at the expense
of the 8th Duke of Beaufort.
The Duke of Beaufort has a third seat at Stoke Park,
Stapleton, Bristol. His Grace is a member of the Carlton, Boodle's,
and Marlborough Clubs.
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CO the public-spirited enterprise of the 2nd Marquis of Bute,
who staked the fortunes of his local estates in the con-
struction of the famous Bute Docks, the City of Cardiff
primarily owes its remarkable rise in importance during the last
half-century — a progress which is unrivalled in our maritime
history. The prestige which for many generations has been
associated with the great territorial interests of the illustrious
House represented by the present Marquis has long been powerful
in the southern portion of the Principality, but the immense
influence enjoyed by successive owners of the estates has always
been most wisely and beneficently exercised and has not been less
pronounced than the magnitude and munificence of their public
services. It would be difficult indeed to estimate the vast effects
of their generous influence upon the present prosperity of the City.
It is an indebtedness that is freely recognised and is reflected most
happily in the esteem that has long been entertained by the citizens
for the noble owners of the stately Cardiff Castle. Certainly
nothing has been a more decisive factor in the remarkable progress
of the City than the Bute Docks, in the construction of which
several millions sterling out of the funds of the Bute Estate were
expended, the enterprise being initiated by the 2nd Marquis, who
died before the completion of the gigantic undertaking. The
Bute Docks are now the property of the Cardiff Railway Company.
The present (the 4th) Marquis of Bute, who is also the
holder of other dignities of the peerage belonging to the eminent
family founded by his ancestor, John Steuart, son of King Robert
II., was born on June soth, iSSi, and succeeded his father in 1900.
He married on July 6th, 1905, Augusta Mary Monica, younger
daughter of Sir Henry Bellingham, 4th Bt. The 3rd Marquis of
Bute was married to the Hon. Gwendoline Mary Anne Fitz-Alan
Howard, eldest daughter of the ist Lord Howard of Glossop.
The town of Cardiff, in which the Marquis of Bute is the
greatest landed proprietor, derives its name from " Caer Bar," the
fortress on the Taff, but little is known of its history from the
departure of the Romans till the conquest of Glamorgan. It was
a centre of many of the "Welsh and Saxon struggles. As the capital
of the Kingdom of Gwcnt the town was destroyed by Cadwaladr,
and although rebuilt about 900, it again suffered destruction. Its
subsequent rebuilding is attributed by Caradoc, of Llancarian, to
lestyn ap Gwygant. With the coming of the Normans the town
was considerably enlarged and fortified, but in the reign of Henry
IV. it was besieged by Owain Glyndwr, son of Gruff ud Fychan, of
Glyndylrdwy, and was almost wholly destroyed.
Cardiff Castle, which was considerably modernised by the
late Marquis, lays claim to an interesting history mainly by reason
of its association with the great Barons whose inheritance and
occasional residence it was from the eleventh to the fifteenth
century, while tradition has also connected it with the long
imprisonment of the unfortunate Robert, Duke of Normandy.
Robert FitzHamon gained the Castle for the Normans about 1090,
and his heiress conveyed it with the Seignory of Glamorgan to
Robert Consul, son of Henry I. From their granddaughter the
Honour of Gloucester and the Castle of Cardiff passed to the great
House of Clare, while a century later another heiress transferred it
to the Despensers. Their line eventually ended with an heiress, so
that in the beginning of the fifteenth century the Castle came7 to
the Beauchamps, and later, through Anne, daughter of " The King
Maker," to Richard III. With its manorial rights it was sold by
Edward VI. to William Herbert, ist Earl of Pembroke of that
name, through whose heirs it has devolved upon the present owner.
The Castle was alternately in the possession of either party during
the Civil War, being treacherously delivered to Cromwell, who
hanged the traitor as an example to his own soldiery. Modern
additions and alterations have made the structure a noble castel-
lated mansion, large sums having been expended on the fabric, and
the interior embellishments are magnificent.
The Marquis of Bute's seats are Mount Stuart, Rothesay,
Isle of Bute ; Cardiff Castle, co. Glamorgan ; Dumfries House,
Cumnock, Ayrshire ; and Old Place of Mochrum, Wigton. His
Lordship's town residence is St. John's Lodge, Regent's Park.
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ONE of the most notable of the landed proprietors of Brecon-
shire is the Marquis Camdeu, who maintains with the County
the pleasing associations which had their beginning when
in the eighteenth century the ist Earl Camden married Elizabeth,
the granddaughter of Sir John Jeffreys and sole heiress of the Brecon
Priory estate. Brecon Priory, which is still one of the seats of the
Marquis Camden, was founded in the reign of Henry I. by Bernard
Newmarch for six Benedictine monks, as a cell to the Abbey of
Battle in Sussex, and was dedicated to St. John the Evangelist.
After the dissolution it passed into the possession of Sir John Price,
who was one of the commissioners appointed by the Crown to
superintend the suppression of the religious houses in Wales, and
from his family it was purchased by Sir John Jeffreys. It was at
Brecon Priory that Charles I., after the Battle of Naseby, dined with
Sir Hubert Price, and from thence he despatched to Prince Charles
in Cornwall a letter (preserved in Clarendon's History of the
Rebellion) in which he seems clearly to foresee his fate and advises
his son to quit the kingdom and fly to France.
Born on February gth, 1872, the son of the 3rd Marquis by
his marriage with the younger daughter of the Gth Duke of Marl-
borough, the Marquis Camden was barely three months old when
his father died. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge,
he served for some time as a Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Royal
Sussex Regiment, and retains a deep interest in military matters as
Major of the West Kent Imperial Yeomanry.
As Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Kent, the
Marquis Camden holds an important office once worthily filled by
another of his line — the ist Marquis — and exercises considerable
influence on the public and social life of the County. Although a
comparatively young man when the honour was conferred upon
him, he has made it abundantly clear that Kent could not have
been better served, as, apart from the distinction attaching to his
name and family, the noble Marquis has a charming personality
and an unaffected manner which at once assure his popularity and
render him an ideal social and public leader. His Lordship is also
a Deputy-Lieutenant for Sussex, in which County his estates are of
considerable extent.
The Marquis Camden is married to Joan Marion, daughter
of Lord Henry Nevill, and granddaughter of the Marquis of
Abergavenny, the marriage, on June 2nd, 1898, which united two
distinguished families owning neighbouring estates in the Counties
of Kent and Sussex, arousing widespread interest. They have one
son, John Charles Henry, Earl of Brecknock, born in 1899.
In addition to the Marquisate and Earldom, the Marquis
Camden enjoys also the titles of Earl of Brecknock, Viscount
Bayham, of Bayham Abbey, Sussex, and Baron Camden, of
Camden Place, Kent.
The ist and 2nd Earls Camden, upon the latter of whom
was conferred the Marquisate, were both prominent statesmen of
their day. Even in earlier generations the Pratts had been men of
distinction, branches of the family being well-known in Ireland
and in several English Counties, notably Berkshire and Devon.
About the middle of the reign of Queen Elizabeth the ancestors of
the Marquis Camden were settled at Careswell Priory in Devon-
shire, but that estate was lost by Richard Pratt in the Civil Wars.
Two generations later, however, the fortunes of the family
appear to have been greatly restored, Richard Pratt's grandson
eventually becoming Lord Chief Justice Sir John Pratt, Kt. Before
attaining to that honour, he represented the Borough of Midhurst
in Parliament for seventeen years, his elevation as Chief Justice of
the Court of King's Bench taking place in 1714. The year 1713
saw the birth of the third son by his second marriage, that great
lawyer and statesman who was destined to achieve such high
honour in political life.
Although not particularly successful at the onset of his
career at the Bar, Charles Pratt successfully grasped the oppor-
tunity that came to him when, briefed as a junior to Robert Henley
(afterwards Lord Chancellor Northington), he undertook the entire
charge of an important case when Henley fell ill. His reputation
was at once established. At the age of 41 he was appointed
Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales, while two years later,
on the accession of Pitt to power, he succeeded Henley as Attorney-
General, and it was during his tenure of this office that he
represented Downton in Parliament. He was chosen Recorder of
Bath in 1759, and in 1761 he was appointed Chief Justice of the
Court of Common Pleas and knighted. By the title of Baron
Camden he was raised to the peerage in 1765, and in the following
year, on the formation of Chatham's second Administration, he
succeeded the Earl of Northington on the Woolsack as Lord
Chancellor of Great Britain, a post for which his reputation for
independence, legal knowledge, and impartiality generally com-
mended him. A typical pillar of the State and a fine Constitu-
tionalist, his appointment as Lord President of the Council in 1784
was very popular, and there was no doubt that he richly merited
the further honours conferred upon him two years later, when he
was advanced to a Viscounty and Earldom. He died in 1794,
when he was succeeded by his only son, John Jeffreys, who was
at that time already well advanced in a distinguished public
career.
John Jeffreys, the 2nd Earl, had entered the House of
Commons in 1780 as Member for Bath, of which City he was
Recorder, and retained the seat as long as he was a Commoner.
Lord Lieutenant of Kent, and a Chancellor of Cambridge Univer-
sity, he was also at different times a Lord of the Admiralty, a Lord
of the Treasury, and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Subsequently
Earl Camden held the post of Secretary of State for War in Pitt's
Administration, and in 1812 he was created Earl of Brecknock and
Marquis Camden. He was married to a daughter of William
Molesworlh, of Wembury, Devon.
The 2nd Marquis Camden succeeded his father in 1840, five
years after his marriage to Harriet, daughter of the Right Rev.
George Murray, D.D., Bishop of Rochester. The 3rd Marquis,
father of the present holder of the title, was the eldest of a large
family, and succeeded his father in 1866. He was for some time
Member of Parliament for Brecon, and Major in the West Kent
Yeomanry Cavalry.
The Marquis Camden's principal seat is Bayham Abbey,
Sussex. His Clubs are the Carlton, Turf, Marlborough, Bachelors',
and Royal Yacht Squadron.
Riflftt Bon, Cfte Carl of Pembroke,
P.C., 6.C.V.O.
FOUNDED by Herbert Fitz Herbert, Chamberlain and Treasurer
to King Henry I., the eminent House of Herbert has borne
for centuries a prominent part in the national life and its
members have worthily sustained the highest dignities. The ist
Earl of Pembroke of the present creation was William Herbert, son
of Sir Richard Herbert, Gentleman Usher to Henry VII. and
Constable of Abergavenny Castle. Elevated to the peerage as
Baron Herbert of Cardiff in October, 1551, he was on the following
day created Earl of Pembroke, becoming one of the most powerful
noblemen of his time. His Lordship died in 1569 and was buried
in St. Paul's Cathedral with much magnificence. A direct lineal
descendant of that nobleman, the present Earl is the fourteenth
holder of the title, together with other dignities of the peerage, the
4th Earl of Pembroke, before succeeding his brother in that title,
having been himself elevated to the peerage as Baron Herbert of
Shurland, in the Isle of Sheppy, and Earl of Montgomery.
The present Earl of Pembroke, who is a grandson of the nth
and a nephew of the i2th Earl, succeeded his eldest brother in the
Earldom in 1895, the latter, who had succeeded his uncle in 1862,
dying without issue. His Lordship is the second and only surviving
son of the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, ist Lord Herbert of Lea,
and his wife, Elizabeth, only daughter of Lieut.-General Charles
Ashe A'Court, C.B., and niece of Lord Heytesbury. He was born
on February 2oth, 1853, and was educated at Eton and Christ
Church, Oxford, where he graduated. His Lordship married on
August 2gth, 1877, Lady Beatrix Louisa, eldest daughter of the 2nd
Earl of Durham.
Like his father, whose premature death closed a brilliant
career, the Earl of Pembroke has engaged with success in politics,
having been a keen and active politician ever since he left Oxford.
In his twenty-fifth year he entered the House of Commons in the
Conservative interest as Member for Wilton, representing that
constituency from 1877 to 1885. After the redistribution of seats
he was elected for Croydon and held the seat till his succession to
the Earldom. In Lord Salisbury's first and second Administrations
he was Lord of the Treasury. His Lordship is Hereditary Visitor of
Jesus College, Oxford, and for ten years after he succeeded his
brother was Lord Steward of the Household. He has served in the
Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry, has been Mayor of Wilton, and is the
owner of large estates in Wiltshire, Ireland, and South Wales.
As a statesman the ist Lord Herbert of Lea, father of the
present Earl, had a short but brilliant career. In the later fifties,
he gained more in Parliamentary estimation than did any other
members, and was already talked of as a possible Prime Minister.
A brilliant scholar at Oxford, he had won a high reputation in the
Union Debating Society, even with such contemporaries as Glad-
stone and Roundell Palmer, and in the first Reform Parliament he
was returned in the Conservative interest for the Southern Division
of Wiltshire. At once attracting the notice of Peel, he gained
rapid promotion, being successively Secretary to the Board of
Control, Secretary to the Admiralty, and Secretary of War. The
last-named office he held under Peel, Lord Aberdeen, and Lord
Palmerston. He took the lead in the Army Reform movement
that followed the Crimean War, this task, together with the
transfer of the Indian Army to the Crown, and the development of
the Volunteers, involving such great labour that it seriously affected
his health. He refused to relinquish his post, and although the
strain of his office was slightly relieved by his acceptance of a
peerage in January, 1861, the relief came too late, and he was
compelled to resign a few months later. His Lordship survived
only a few weeks after his resignation. To his memory, a statue
by J. H. Foley, R.A., was placed in front of the War Office in Pall
Mall. Lord Herbert of Lea was half-brother to the i2th Earl of
Pembroke, being a son of the nth Earl by his Lordship's (second)
marriage with Catherine, only daughter of Simon, Count Woron-
zow, sometime Russian Ambassador in England and afterwards
Governor of Southern Russia.
The Earl of Pembroke's principal seats are Wilton House,
Salisbury ; and Mount Merrion, co. Dublin.
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P.C., 6.C.B., 6.C.m.6.t D.L, 3.P.
CHE Briton Ferry estate, upon which stands Baglan House, the
Earl of Jersey's Welsh seat, has been spoken of as being
situated in a fairy region, one enthusiastic writer having
averred that "nothing can exceed on an equal scale the variety and
beauty of the landscape presented by this delightful spot." The
Briton Ferry estate at one time formed a part of the immense posses-
sions of the Mansell family. The 2nd Lord Vernon married for his
first wife the last heiress of that name, with whom he received these
delightful domains. This lady dying without issue bequeathed the
estate, after the death of her husband, to the Hon. W. A. H.
Villiers, the second son of the 4th Earl of Jersey, who on this account
took the name of Mansell. Soon after the decease of Lord Vernon
Mr. Villiers Mansell died abroad and the property in consequence
passed to his elder brother, the 5th Earl of Jersey.
The Mansell family was for ages one of the most prominent
in South Wales, holding extensive property there and establishing
its various branches especially in the Counties of Carmarthen and
Glamorgan. It traced its descent from the Norman, Philip Mansel
(or Mansfeld or Mansfield), who was one of the followers of William
the Conqueror, but the first arrival of the Mansells in Wales took
place in the time of Edward I., when they seem first to have settled
at Oxwich, in Gower. A Hugh Mansel married a daughter of Sir
John Penrys or Penrice of Penrice Castle, and his descendant, Sir
Rice Mansel, performed important services in Ireland in suppressing
the Kildare rebellion. When the Abbey of Margam was dissolved,
the grant of the place with other lands was made to Sir Rice Mansel.
It has continued in his line ever since, being now held by his
descendant, Miss Talbot. The Briton Ferry estate became merged
with the other Mansell possessions in the time of Charles I., when
Anthony Mansel, who was slain during the Civil War, married Jane,
daughter of William Price, Esq., of Briton Ferry.
Of Royal descent and belonging to a race the members
of which have continuously been honoured by intimate association
with the reigning Monarch, the Right Hon. The Earl of Jersey has
worthily upheld the best traditions of his family. Born in 1845, he
is the eldest son of the 6th Earl and Julia, eldest daughter of
the late Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bt. He was educated at Eton
and Balliol College, Oxford, and succeeded his father in 1859.
From 1875-77 the Earl of Jersey was a Lord-in-Waiting to
Queen Victoria, while from 1889-90 he was Paymaster- General.
As Governor-General of New South Wales, which post he held from
1890-1893, Lord Jersey has had the opportunity of studying
Colonial needs at first hand, and his experience in this office has
since often stood him in good stead when in debate need has
arisen for confuting with the knowledge gained by practical
experience the windy periods of orators whose arguments had no
basis but theory. From 1904-5 his Lordship was Acting Agent-
General for New South Wales in London, and in the latter year
attended the International Agricultural Conference at Rome as
British Delegate.
Lord Jersey has always shown himself actively interested in
County affairs. He has been Lord Lieutenant and Gustos
Rotulorum for Oxfordshire since 1887, is a member of the Oxford-
shire County Council and an Alderman for Middlesex, besides
fulfilling the duties of Justice of the Peace for Middlesex and
Oxfordshire and those of a Justice of the Peace and Deputy-
Lieutenant for Warwickshire. He was formerly a Cornet in the
Oxfordshire Yeomanry.
As Chairman of the Light Railway Commission of 1896-
1905, Lord Jersey displayed considerable tact and business ability,
combined with that patience which is a sine qua non for the proper
holding of so important a position. As a County man whose rural
journeyings have made him well acquainted with the necessities
of outlying districts, his Lordship must view with intense
satisfaction the advantages already resulting from even the early
stages of the Light Railway movement. While motor cars are the
luxury of the well-to-do, the poorer members of the community
now possess in the electric tramways a means of locomotion which
not only aids them materially in their business undertakings,
but also helps them at leisure times to secure some of that fresh
air and change of environment which the toilers of to-day find so
essential to their well-being.
In the banking world the Earl of Jersey is well-known as
one of the principal proprietors of Child's Bank. Amongst
Freemasons, also, his is a name to conjure with, for he has been
Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire since 1885.
The Earl of Jersey married in 1872, the Hon. Margaret
Elizabeth Leigh, eldest daughter of the 2nd Lord Leigh, and has
two sons and three daughters, his heir being known as Viscount
Villiers.
The family history of the Villiers is one of great interest.
Their descent is traced from the Villiers, Seigneurs of L'Isle Adam,
in Normandy, a member of which House came over to England
with William the Conqueror. Subsequent to the coming of the
Norman, records show that Pagan de Villiers was Lord of Crosby
in Lancashire and also possessed Newbold in Nottinghamshire,
which his posterity held until the reign of Edward III. This
Pagan was a witness to the Foundation Charter of Roger of
Poictou to the monastry of Lancaster and flourished in the reigns
of William II. and Henry I.
To a Gilbert de Villiers King John granted for homage and
service " all the mediety which he possessed in the vicarage and
mill of Mesnascel." Another descendant of the Norman Villiers,
Sir Nicholas de Villiers, in 1268 followed Edward I. to the Holy
Land. In the 26th year of Edward III.'s reign, this Nicholas's
second son, Geoffery, who had succeeded his elder brother to the
title and estates, was one of the Knights for the County of Leicester
in the Parliament held at Westminster.' Sir George Villiers,
Knight of Brokesby, was a person of note in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, being Sheriff for the County of Leicester in 1591. Sir
George married twice. By his second wife, who survived her
husband and was created Countess of Buckingham in 1618, he had
three sons, one of whom was the famous George, Duke of
Buckingham, the celebrated favourite of James I. and Charles I.,
and who was the chief promoter of the family fortunes.
Edward, Sir George's second son by his first wife, was in
1620 sent as an Ambassador to Bohemia, and in 1622, as the result
of the influence of his half-brother, the Duke of Buckingham, was
appointed to the Presidency of Munster, in Ireland, on the death of
the Earl of Thomond. Sir Edward's fifth son, Sir Edward Villiers,
Knight of Richmond, was for his gallantry as a military officer
knighted by Charles II. in 1680 and was appointed Knight
Marshal of the Household and Governor of Tynemouth Castle.
From Charles II. he had a grant of the Manor of Richmond. His
wife was governess to the Princesses Mary and Anne, daughters of
James II., both of whom were afterwards Queens of England. It
was the eldest son of this marriage, Edward Villiers, who was the
ist Earl of Jersey. He was created Baron Villiers of Hoo, co.
Kent, and Viscount Villiers (peerage of England) in 1691 and Earl
of the Island of Jersey (peerage of England) in 1697. He died in
1711, and it was his grandson, the 3rd Earl of Jersey, who succeeded
his kinsman as 6th Viscount Grandison. It was through the
marriage of this 3rd Earl that the Villiers are entitled to quarter
the Royal Arms of Plantagenet. In 1733 he married Lady
Anne Egerton, widow of Wriothesley, 3rd Duke of Bedford, and
daughter of Scroop Egerton, ist Duke of Bridgewater, who was
directly descended from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, by his
marriage with Mary, Queen Dowager of France, sister and co-heir
of King Henry VIII. This Earl's successor and son, the 4th Earl of
Jersey, was successively a Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Chamberlain
of the Household, and Master of the Buckhounds. His son George,
the 5th Earl, married in 1804 Sarah Sophia, eldest daughter of
John, loth Earl of Westmorland, by Sarah, daughter and sole heir
of Robert Child, Esq., of Osterley Park, and by Royal Licence he
assumed the additional surname of Child in 1821. He was twice
Lord Chamberlain to William IV. and twice Master of the Horse
to Queen Victoria. Dying in 1859, he was succeeded by his son,
George Augustus Frederick, the father of the present holder of the
title, who upheld the Conservative interest in Parliament as the
Member successively for Honiton, Weymouth, and Cirencester.
The Earl of Jersey's principal seat is Osterley Park,
Middlesex, and he has also a residence at Middleton Park, Bicester.
His Clubs are the Carlton and the Junior Carlton.
Cfcc Rifilrt Bon*
Cftc Carl of Dunraucn ana inountcari,
K.P., p.c, c.ro.6., j.p.
ROT many peers of the realm have filled their lives with such a
variety of useful public service as has been freely given by
the noble Earl of Dunraven and Mountearl. Since the days of
his early manhood when he served in the Oxford University Rifles
his career has been one of great activity, and in several spheres he
has achieved a distinction which would still have assured him of
prominence and widespread popularity even had he been without
that title of nobility which his quiet dignity and splendid services to his
country and the State have done so much to adorn. Sir Windham
Thomas Wyndham-Quin, K.P., P.O., C.M.G., 4th Earl of
Dunraven, was born on February I2th, 1841, and married on April
agth, 1869, Florence Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Charles Lennox
Kerr.
In the matter of military duties alone his Lordship's career
has been one of uncommon activity. While at Christ Church,
Oxford, he was an enthusiastic Lieutenant in the University Rifles,
and with this foretaste of a soldier's life he soon afterwards obtained
a commission in the ist Life Guards. Serving in the Abyssinian
Expedition, he actpd as war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph,"
and filled a similar capacity in the Franco-Prussian War and the
memorable Siege of Paris, being closely in touch with many stirring
episodes of those eventful times. Succeeding to the Earldom on
the death of his father in 1871, he was none the less actively
engaged during the next thirty years, though his pursuits may have
been of a less adventurous character. The outbreak of the South
African War, however, was a call to arms which was irresistible
to such a sturdy patriot, and in 1900, in those dark days when the
urgency of the country's need demanded the largest available
fighting force, Lord Dunraven volunteered for active service and
went to the front as a Captain in the i8th Battalion of the Imperial
Yeomanry Sharpshooters. He took part in several engagements,
and has a medal and two clasps as mementos of the campaign. His
Lordship holds the Hon. Colonelcy of the Glamorgan Artillery
Militia and the 5th Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers, and was lately
Lieut. -Colonel commanding the 3rd County of London Imperial
Yeomanry. In 1868 he acted as Aide-de-Camp to the Lord-
Lieutenant of Ireland.
Like his father before him, Lord Dunraven takes a great
interest in Irish affairs, and with a keen^ sympathy for Irish people
and their aspirations, has spared no trouble to make himself
thoroughly familiar with all the phases of an admittedly complex
question, while his work in furthering the best interests of
Ireland has been consistent with the splendid services of his noble
sires. His Lordship was President of the Ireland Land Conference
1902-03, and as President also of the Irish Reform Association has
rendered sound national service. An extensive landed proprietor, his
estates, both in Ireland and in Glamorganshire, bear evidence to his
well-deserved reputation as a highly popular landlord, whose constant
devotion to the best interests of a numerous tenantry fully merits
the deep respect his warm-hearted consideration has always inspired.
Among the English-speaking public — indeed among all who
admire the fine sporting qualities traditionally associated with our
nobility — Lord Dunraven has won a firm place in general esteem.
He is known the world over as a yachtsman who enjoys not only
the ordinary delights of cruising but perhaps the more substantial
pleasures to be derived from a technical knowledge of navigation
and a skilful application of special study. The British public is
not likely to forget his Lordship's munificent patronage of inter-
national yacht-racing. Twice has the noble Earl built a yacht for
the sailing competition with the United States, and apart from the
widespread interest and excitement in the series of contests in
which the craft were engaged, it may be asserted with truth that the
" Valkyries " represented far more than a fleeting rivalry. They
stood for a still closer and better understanding with our kinsmen
across the Atlantic. In that sense has Lord Dunraven accomplished
great international service, as, in the realm of one of our finest and
purest sports, he has shown a high public-spirited example worthy
of emulation.
In political life Lord Dunraven has been a useful force and a
safe counsellor, and on two occasions (1885-86 and 1886-87) he has
rendered conspicuously good service as Under Secretary of State for
the Colonies. From 1888 to 1890 he was Chairman of the House of
Lords Committee on Sweating, and in 1896 was Chairman of the
Irish Horse Breeding Commission. For a few years he represented
Wandsworth on the London County Council, while since 1899 he
has been a member of the Limerick County Council, and for the
same County since 1894 he has been H.M.'s Lieutenant. He is the
author of several interesting and valuable publications, including
" The Great Divide : the Upper Yellowstone" (1874), "The Irish
Question" (1880), " Self Instruction in the Theory and Practice of
Navigation" (1900), and many able letters on the Irish situation.
Lord Dunraven represents one of the few families of Celtic
origin in the Irish peerage. His ancestors were chief of the clan of
Hy-Ifearman and were seated in the Barony of Inchiquin. Of the
same stock as the O'Briens, they descended from Cormac Cas, son
of Ollioll Olum, monarch of Ireland at the commencement of the
third century. There is in O'FerralPs " Linea Antiqua " a detailed
pedigree of the O'Quins of Munster, deducing from three sons of
Deadha (Conn Mor, Morogh, and Flaherty) the three families of
O'Quin, O'Dea, and O'Roan. The present Earl of Duuraven has
in his possession, too, a very curious and interesting letter from
Thady Quin, J.P., of Adare, who lived in the reign of James II.,
which refers to this Celtic descent and carries up the pedigree to
Donogh Quin, son of James Quin, of Kilmallock, and nephew of
Dr. John Coyn, or Quin, Bishop of Limerick, who, according to
Ware, resigned that Bishopric in 1551 owing to blindness and
infirmity.
Donogh Quin's grandson married the heiress of the family of
O'Riordan, which had been settled in co. Limerick for more than
five centuries. At his death in 1671 he left a son, Thady Quin,
Esq., of Adare, whose heir was his elder son by his (third) marriage
with Catharine, daughter of Piers Morony, Esq. This son,
Valentine Quin, Esq., married in 1707 Mary, eldest daughter and
co-heir of Henry Widenham, Esq., of The Court, and his eldest son
was Windham Quin, Esq., M.P., who married in 1748 Frances,
daughter of Richard Dawson, Esq., of Dawson's Grove, co.
Monaghan. His eldest son and successor in 1789 was Valentine
Richard Quin, ist Earl of Dunraven.
The ist Earl was born on July 3oth, 1752. A staunch
supporter of the Union, he was recommended by Lord Cornwallis
for a peerage, and in 1800 he was raised to the peerage as Baron
Adare of Adare. In 1816 he was advanced to a Viscounty
as Viscount Mountearl, while in 1822 he was created Viscount Adare
and Earl of Dunraven and Mountearl. His Lordship married first,
in 1777, Lady Frances Muriel Fox Strangways, daughter of Stephen,
ist Earl of Ilchester, by whom he had issue two sons and two
daughters. His Lordship, who died in 1824, had no issue by his
second marriage with Margaret Mary, daughter of James
Coghlan, Esq., of Claghan House, King's County.
Windham Henry, 2nd Earl, who was born on September 24th,
1782, married in 1810 Caroline, daughter and sole heir of Thomas
Wyndham, Esq., of Dunraven Castle, co. Glamorgan, who
inherited from her father property in Gloucester as well as the
Wyndham Estate in Glamorganshire. It was in consequence
of this marriage that the 2nd Earl assumed by sign-manual
in 1815 the surname of Wyndham in addition to and before
that of Quin. His Lordship represented Limerick County in
the Imperial Parliament from 1806 till 1820, and was a representative
peer of Ireland from 1839 till his death in 1850, being also Gustos
Rotulorum of Limerick.
His elder son and successor, Edwin Richard Windham, the
3rd Earl of Dunraven, who was born on May igth, 1812, was a man
of many attainments. As Viscount Adare he represented Glamor-
ganshire in Parliament in the Conservative interest from 1837 to
1851, retiring in the year following his succession as 3rd Earl in the
Irish peerage. His political life was noteworthy for his efforts
to safeguard religious education in Ireland, and he eventually
became one of the Commissioners of Education in Ireland.
Devoted to the literature and archaeology of his country, his
Celtic mediaeval learning and his antiquarian studies were widely
known and appreciated, notably in connection with the prominent
part he took in forming the Irish Archaeological Society in 1840
and of the Celtic Society five years later. In 1849 and again
in 1869 he presided over the meetings of the Cambrian Society
held at Cardiff and Bridgend, while in 1871 he was the President of
a section of the Royal Archaeological Institute.
His archaeological studies led him to visit nearly every Barony
in Ireland and most of the islands off the coast, and many results of
his labours are to be found in " Notes on Irish Architecture,"
published after his death under the editorship of Margaret Stokes,
with a preface by the present Earl. As an appendix to his mother's
" Memorials of Adare," he compiled a valuable treatise on archaeo-
logical remains in the neighbourhood of Adare, and it was by his
munificence that many a ruined building was rendered available for
religious purposes. Montalembert dedicated to his Lordship one of
the volumes of " The Monks of the West," a Latin inscription
containing a graceful tribute to the ancestry, personal worth,
and many attainments of the Earl, who was a valued patron
and member of several learned Societies. In 1866 he was named a
Knight of St. Patrick and a few months later was created a peer of
the United Kingdom, with the title of Baron Kenry of Kenry,
co. Limerick. Of that County he was Lord Lieutenant from 1864
till his death, which took place on October 6th, 1871, at Great
Malvern. He was buried at Adare. His Lordship was twice
married — first, on August i8th, 1836, to Augusta, third daughter of
Thomas Goold, Esq., Master in Chancery, son of John Goold, Esq.,
by Mary, his wife, daughter of Valentine Quin, of Rosbrien. Of this
marriage there were one son (the present Earl) and five
daughters. His Lordship married secondly, in 1870, Anne,
daughter of Henry Lambert, Esq., M.P., D.L., of Carragh, by whom
he had issue.
Even in a territory famous for beautiful and ancient fortresses,
Dunraven Castle, Lord Dunraven's romantic Welsh seat, enjoys a
reputation of its own, both by reason of its picturesque situation and
of the traditions belonging to the site on which it stands. Built
on a lofty promontory running out into the sea (known by the Welsh
as Truen y Wytch or "the Witch's Nose"), Dunraven Castle
occupies the site where once stood the chief Palace of the Kings of
Wales. The name is thought to have been derived from the Welsh
Din-dri-van, the Castle on the three hills, or from Din Dryban,
in consequence of its having been the fortress of Dryban, an ancient
British warrior. That the site was an important one in very early
times is shown by the ancient fortifications of which considerable
traces are still to be seen. The famous British sovereign Caractacus
is said to have kept his summer court there, it having been also the
residence of his father, Bran ap Llyr, while Caradoc, the historian,
mentions the burning of the castles of Dindryvan and Trevurvered by
the Saxons of the loth century.
Soon after the " winning of Glamorgan " by Robert
FitzHamon and his twelve companions in A.D. 1091, this Castle,
together with Ogmore, was given to William de Londres. Not long
after, William was away in Carmarthenshire securing possession of
the Lordship of Kydweley. Taking heart at his absence the Welsh
laid siege to his Castle in Ogmore, but were so satisfactorily repelled
by Sir Arnold Butler that on his return William bestowed upon the
triumphant warrior the Castle of Dunraven as a proof of his
gratitude. The Butler family continued at Dunraven for ten
generations, when with the marriage of their heiress, Eva, to
Sir Richard Vaughan, it became one of the possessions of the
Vaughans of Bredwardine. With the latter it continued until the
time of Sir Richard's great-grandson, Sir George Vaughan, who,
after the untimely death of his three sons by drowning, sold
the Lordship and estate of Dunraven in 1642 to Humphrey
Wyndham, Esq. (a member of the ancient family of Wyndham
of Orchard Wyndham in the County of Somerset), who was Sheriff
of Glamorgan in 1654 and in 1656 married a Welsh lady of an
ancient Cymric family — Jane Carne of Ewenny. Humphrey
Wyndham's great-grand-daughter married Thomas Wyndham, of
Clearwell Park in the County of Gloucester, the representative of
another branch of the Wyndham family, thus uniting the Houses of
Clearwell and Dunraven. It was the grandson of this Thomas
Wyndham who rebuilt the Castle in its present modernised form.
He for a long period represented the County of Glamorgan in
Parliament. His only daughter, Caroline, married Wyndham Henry,
2nd Earl of Dunraven.
Lord Dunraven's Irish seat is Adare Manor, co. Limerick.
His Lordship is a member of the Carlton, Athenaeum, Turf, Savage,
Marlborough, and Constitutional Clubs.
Rt. Bon. Cftc Carl Carcdor,
P.C., fl.D.C., 3.P., D.C.,
£ord-£i*utenam or Pcmbrokwblre.
CHE subject of this sketch is a nobleman of whom South Wales
may well be proud, for the noble Earl can boast a very ancient
and distinguished lineage, is a man of wide general
knowledge and literary culture, and has travelled much. He is
well versed in home and foreign matters and is a keen student of
the times.
Born in 1847, Earl Cawdor is 'the eldest son of the and
Earl by his marriage with Sarah Mary, the second daughter of the
Hon. Henry F. Compton-Cavendish. His Lordship was educated
at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Before succeeding his father
in 1898, Lord Cawdor, who was then known as Viscount Emlyn,
took a prominent part in politics. From 1874 to 1885 he
represented Carmarthen in Parliament, and in 1892 contested the
seat for South Manchester against Sir H. Roscoe, and in 1898 that
for the Cricklade Division of Wiltshire against Lord E. Fitzmaurice.
In the commercial world Lord Cawdor is known by reason
of his having held the chairmanship of the Great Western Railway
from 1895 to 1905, fulfilling the duties of his post in a manner
which showed his determination not merely to support the interest
of the shareholders, but to see that as far as was consistent the
needs of the public were adequately catered for. In 1905 his
Lordship was a Lord of the Admiralty.
Another direction in which Lord Cawdor performs work of
great national value is as an Ecclesiastical Commissioner, using his
utmost endeavours in that capacity to ensure that the wishes of
" pious benefactors" are interpreted as literally as possible, having
regard to the requirements and possibilities of the present age.
Since 1896 Lord Cawdor has been the Lord Lieutenant of
Pembrokeshire. He is a Justice of the Peace for the Counties of
Pembroke and Carmarthen and a Deputy-Lieutenant for
Carmarthen, Inverness, and Nairn. Until recently he was Colonel
of the Carmarthen Artillery Western Division R.A. As an A.D.C.
to the King he is exceedingly popular in Court circles.
Agreeable and courtly, all that Earl Cawdor does is well
done, for there is nothing halting or lukewarm about him. He has
his own views and ideas of things, and is never afraid to make
them known ; yet, he is happily one of the too few men who have
learnt that to love any political or other principles need not be
tantamount to, or entail, entertaining feelings^of spleen against those
of an opposite school of thought. The noble Earl is, indeed,
liberal-minded, and has a befitting respect for the views of others.
On his estates he has the reputation for being a very kind and
sympathetic landlord, and deservedly so, for he attends, as much
as he consistently can, to the wants and wishes of his tenants, by
whom he is held in the greatest respect.
Earl Cawdor married in 1868, Edith Georgina, eldest
daughter of Christopher Tumour, Esq., and Lady Caroline
Tumour, of Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire, and has six sons and
four daughters, his eldest son and heir being Viscount Emlyn,
who is both a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy-Lieutenant for
Carmarthenshire, a Justice of the Peace for Pembrokeshire, and a
Deputy-Lieutenant for Nairn.
As a member of the ancient family of Campbell of Argyll,
Earl Cawdor traces his lineage from Sir John Campbell, the
younger son of Archibald, 2nd Earl of Argyll, who married early
in the sixteenth century Muriel, daughter and heir of John Calder
of Cawdor, co. Nairn, the representative of the Thanes of Cawdor.
The family's connection with South Wales dates from the marriage,
in the seventeenth century, of Sir Alexander Campbell with
Elizabeth, sister and heir of Sir Gilbert Lort, Bt, of Stackpole
Court, Pembrokeshire.
The family was elevated to the peerage in the person of
John Campbell, who represented the town of Cardigan in Parliament,
and who in 1796 was created Baron Cawdor of Castlemartin, co.
Pembroke. His son, who was Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire,
was created Viscount Emlyn of Emlyn and Earl Cawdor of Castle-
martin in 1827. The 2nd Earl and father of the present peer
represented Pembrokeshire in Parliament from 1841 to 1849 and
was Lord Lieutenant and Gustos Rotulorum of Carmarthenshire.
Besides Golden Grove, his picturesque Carmarthenshire
seat, Earl Cawdor also owns Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire, and
Cawdor Castle, Nairn.
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IN the person of the Earl of Plymouth (Robert George Windsor-
Olive, P.C., C.B.), I4th Baron Windsor, a member of
the illustrious and eminent family of Windsor again enjoys a
title held by several of his predecessors before the Earldom of the
older creation became extinct in 1843. The ancient Barony of
Windsor, too, had fallen into abeyance, but was restored in 1855 in
favour of Harriet, daughter of the 5th Earl of Plymouth and wife
of the Hon. Robert Henry Olive, who on her death in 1869, was
succeeded in the Barony by her grandson, the present peer, who was
advanced to an Earldom in 1905.
The revival of the old title could not have been more happily
associated than it is with the worthy nobleman who now represents
his House with such a dignified appreciation of the splendid traditions
of his family, and withal with such a high conception of the duties and
responsibilities of his exalted position. The service of his fellows
has indeed been one of the guiding principles of his life ; never have
honours been more worthily won. His Lordship, who was born on
August 27th, 1857, is the only son of the late Hon. Robert Windsor-
Olive, by his marriage with Lady Mary Selina Louisa Bridgeman,
daughter of the 2nd Earl of Bradford. His father, who was
the eldest son of Baroness Windsor, was Member of Parliament for
Ludlow and afterwards for Salop.
His Lordship was only in his thirteenth year when he
succeeded his grandmother as i4th Baron Windsor. He was
educated at Eton and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he
graduated. He married on August nth, 1883, Alberta Victoria
Sarah Caroline (at whose baptism Queen Victoria stood sponsor),
only daughter of the late Right Hon. Sir Augustus Berkeley, P.C.,
G.C.B., by his marriage with the Countess Walpurga Ehrengarde
Helena de Hohenthal, late Dame d'Honneur to the Princess
Imperial of Germany, and eldest daughter of the late Count de
Hohenthal.
Succeeding at an early age to the dignities of his family, the
Earl of Plymouth developed into manhood with a thorough
appreciation of his responsibilities. He has consequently acquitted
himself with singular ability in public life and throughout his very
extensive estates he is regarded with genuine esteem. His beneficent
public services in several Counties have gained for him much
popularity, which he also enjoys as a social and political leader of
great influence and personal charm, his statesmanlike qualities
having gained for him considerable political distinction, and
his influential position also enabling him to render the Conservative
Party services of a peculiarly valuable character. His lordship has
held two high administrative appointments, having been H.M.'s
Paymaster-General in 1891-92, and First Commissioner of Works
in Mr. Balfour's 1902-05 Administration. He was sworn of
the Privy Council in 1891, and created a Companion of the Bath
in 1905.
The County of Glamorgan has enlisted in its service no
more public-spirited gentleman than the Earl of Plymouth. His
deep concern for all that affects the welfare of the shire has been
markedly manifest during the long period he has held the office of
Lord-Lieutenant of the County. Nominated by his Sovereign for
that high position in 1890, his Lordship has discharged with great
thoroughness the functions of his office, and every deserving County
movement has had in him not only a sympathetic friend but a warm
and hearty supporter. In the civic life of Cardiff — near which town
is situate St. Pagan's Castle, one of his seats — his Lordship
has taken great interest and he held the Mayoralty in 1895-96.
The Earl of Plymouth has been Lieutenant-Colonel (Hon.
Colonel) of the Worcestershire Imperial Yeomanry since 1893, and
holds the Hon. Colonelcy of the Glamorganshire Royal Garrison
Artillery Volunteers, the 2nd Volunteer Battalion Worcestershire
Regiment, the 3rd Battalion Welsh Regiment, and the Glamorgan-
shire Imperial Yeomanry. His Lordship is a well-known patron of
art, has published an interesting work on John Constable, R.A., and
was elected a Trustee of the National Gallery in 1900. Of the useful
exercise of his wealth much might be written. He defrayed the
cost — several thousand pounds — of erecting in 1889-90 the Church in
the newly-formed ecclesiastical parish of St. Paul, Grangetown,
Cardiff, and in many ways has been a munificent public benefactor.
St. Pagan's Castle, Lord Plymouth's picturesque Welsh seat,
is situated amongst grounds which are remarkably beautiful. The
district occupies a place in history largely by reason of the fierce
battle which was fought in the parish on May 8th, 1648, between
the Royal forces under Major-General Laugherne, and the Parlia-
mentary troops led by Colonel Horton, the latter being victorious.
The first possessor of St. Pagan's of whom there remains any record,
was Ligon de Vele, who was Lord of the place in 1320. Amongst
the lands of this same family it remained down to 1475, when Alice,
daughter of Robert Vele, of Charfield, and sole heiress of St. Pagan's,
married David Matthew, of Radyr. Leland, writing of his visit
there in 1535, says, " The Castelle of S. Pagan standeth on a little
hille, and a part of it yet standith. It was about sixty years ago in
the hands of one Davy Matthew, and then it came by heires General
to divers co-partitioners — Benyon of the Forest of Dene hath part
of it."
The present residence of the Earl of Plymouth was built on
the site of the old Castle in the time of Queen Elizabeth, by Dr. John
Gibbon. Sir William Herbert purchased the estate from Morgan
Gibbon and subsequently sold it in 1616, to Sir E. Lewis. The
estate passed to the possession of Other, afterwards 3rd Earl of
Plymouth, by his marriage in 1730 with Elizabeth, daughter of
Thomas Lewis, the last male heir.
All that now remains of the ancient feudal stronghold of
St. Pagan is a piece of straight wall with an embattled parapet in front
of the house. The present building has many interesting features,
especially in the interior. Several of the rooms are panelled with old
oak and have geometrically ornamented ceilings. In the drawing
room is a handsomely carved oak chimney piece, having upon it a
shield bearing twenty-five quarterings of the arms of the family of
Lewis of Van.
The ancient family of Windsor of Stanwell descended from
Walter Fitz-Otho, who held that Manor at the time of the
Domesday and was Castellan of Windsor, and who, through his
eldest son, was ancestor also of the long line of Earls of Kildare,
whose present representative is the Duke of Leinster, Premier Duke,
Marquess, and Earl of Ireland. Walter Fitz-Otho was a son of
Dominus Otho, who is supposed to have been of the family of
Gherardini of Florence, and who passed over to Normandy, and
thence to England, in 1057. Walter Fitz-Otho's third son was
William Fitz Walter, who succeeded his father in his offices of
Warden of the Forests of Berkshire and Castellan of Windsor,
the Empress Maud confirming to him all the grants made to his
ancestors. From his office he derived the designation of de
Windsor. His son, William de Windsor, had the lordships of
Stanwell and Hakeburn and other lands. The latter's great-grand-
son, Sir Richard de Windsor, served in several Parliaments for
Berks and Middlesex, and was summoned to attend the King at
Berwick-upon-Tweed, to march against the Scots. Richard de
Windsor, his eldest son, likewise sat in Parliament for Berks and
Middlesex. Sir James de Windsor, the latter's successor, was
knighted by Edward III. ; and Sir Miles de Windsor, next in
descent, is recorded as having been a witness in the Scrope and
Grosvenor controversy. Miles de Windsor, who died in 1451 in the
course of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, was a grandson of Sir
Miles.
It was Sir Andrews Windsor, grandson of Miles de Windsor, who
was the last of his line to hold the Manor of Stanwell, he, at the
instance of Henry VIII., exchanging it for Bordesley Abbey,
Worcester. Embarking with Henry VIII. in his expedition to
France in 1513, he distinguished himself at the siege of Terrouenne
and was created a Knight-Banneret, and a year later had the
honour of attending Princess Mary, the King's sister, on her
marriage with Louis XII. of France. He was summoned to
Parliament by the King as Baron Windsor of Stanwell in 1529.
It was his eldest surviving son, 2nd Lord Windsor, K.B., who
built the Manor House at Bradenham, where Edward, 3rd Lord
Windsor, who distinguished himself at the siege of St. Quintin
(1557), entertained Queen Elizabeth.
Thomas, 6th Baron Windsor, who was created a Knight
of the Bath in 1610, at the creation of Henry, Prince of Wales,
was Rear- Admiral of the Fleet sent by James I. to fetch Prince
Charles from Spain in 1623. He died without issue, the Barony
falling into abeyance until after the Restoration, when, in 1660,
Thomas, nephew of the 6th Baron and son of the latter's sister
Elizabeth, received a declaratory patent determining the abeyance
in his favour.
This nephew, Thomas Windsor Hickman, assumed the
surname of Windsor, in lieu of Hickman. Although little more
than fifteen at the outbreak of the Civil War, he is said to have
commanded a troop of horse in the Royalist Army in 1642. In
1661 he was appointed Governor of Jamaica, but owing to ill-health,
his stay in the island extended over only a few months, though
during that short period he undertook an expedition to Cuba, seized
the Spanish fort of St. Jago, and re-organised the system governing
many of the internal affairs of Jamaica. In 1676 he was appointed
Master of the House to the Duke of York and was successively
Governor of Portsmouth and Hull, being in 1682 created Earl of
Plymouth. He died in 1687, when he was succeeded by his
grandson, the elder son of Other (styled Lord Windsor from
1682 till his death in 1684), only son of the Earl's (first) marriage
with Anne, daughter of Sir William Savile, Bt., and sister to
George, Marquess of Halifax.
Other, 2nd Earl of Plymouth, was married to Elizabeth,
daughter and heir of Thomas Whitley, Esq., of Peel, co. Chester,
and his successor, the 3rd Earl, married the only daughter and
heir of Thomas Lewis, Esq., of Soberton, Hants. Other Lewis,
4th Earl of Plymouth, maintained a voluminous correspondence
with Newcastle. By his marriage with the Hon. Katherine Archer,
daughter of Thomas, ist Lord Archer, of Umberslade, he had
four sons and four daughters. Other Hickman, the eldest
son, who succeeded his father in 1771, married in 1778 the
Hon. Sarah Archer, eldest daughter and co-heir of Andrew,
2nd Lord Archer, and died in 1799, leaving one son and two
daughters, the younger of whom, after the Earldom [had become
extinct, became Baroness Windsor. The son, Other Archer, 6th
Earl, married Lady Mary Sackville, daughter of the 3rd Duke of
Dorset, but died without issue in 1833, when the Barony fell into
abeyance between his sisters, but his uncle, Andrews, third son of
the 4th Earl, succeeded to the Earldom. He died unmarried four
years later and was succeeded by his brother, Henry, the Earldom
of the old creation becoming extinct in 1843 on the latter's death
without issue.
As already stated, the. Barony of Windsor was restored to
the sister of the I2th Baron and 6th Earl — Baroness Windsor,
at whose death in 1869 her grandson, the present peer, succeeded
to the title. Through his grandfather the Earl of Plymouth descends
from the famous Robert Clive, 1st Lord Clive. The Hon. Robert
Henry Clive, husband of Baroness Windsor, was the second son of
the ist Earl of Powis, and a grandson of the illustrious soldier and
statesman to whom England in a great measure owes the establish-
ment of her dominion in India.
The stained east window in the Church of St. Fagan is a
memorial to the Hon. Robert Windsor-Clive, the Earl of Plymouth's
father, while in the nave is another to the Hon. William Windsor
Windsor-Clive, the Earl's uncle, who was killed in a railway
accident at Tuxford, in 1857. In the north aisle are two stained
windows to the memory of Baroness Windsor and Lady Mary
Windsor-Clive, respectively the grandmother and mother of the
noble Earl.
In addition to St. Pagan's Castle, the Earl of Plymouth has
seats at Hewell Grange, Redditch, co. Worcester, and Oakly Park,
Bromfield, Salop. His town house is 54, Mount Street, W. ; and
he is a member of White's, the Carlton, and the Travellers' Clubs.
CDe Right fion. Cbc Viscount Hereford,
3.P., D.C.
PREMIER Viscount of England, the Viscount Hereford belongs
to a family whose history can compare with that of any of the
noble houses of the country, alike for its interest and romance
and for the brilliant services its sons have rendered to the nation.
In the person of the present Viscount, the family has a representative
who, succeeding his father as i6th Viscount in 1855 — then only
twelve years old — has worthily maintained the traditions of his
House, growing to manhood with a full appreciation of the responsi-
bilities devolving upon him, and enhancing throughout his career
the honourable reputation of his Line.
Ever since the Conquest, the ancient and historic family of
Devereux have held lands in England, and a definite history of their
illustrious House can be traced through the succeeding centuries.
To Sir Walter Deverois, Richard II. committed the forests
and castles of the Earl of Hereford. His grandson, Walter
Devereux, became Chancellor of Ireland in 1449, when Richard
Duke of York was Lord Deputy, and obtained grants of land
in Drogheda. He was a supporter of the House of York in the
Wars of the Roses. By marriage, his son, Sir Walter Devereux,
K.G., was summoned to Parliament in 1461, in the dignity of his
deceased father-in-law, as Baron Ferrers of Chartley. A loyal
supporter of the interests of Richard III., Lord Ferrers fell at
Bosworth Field in 1485. His son, Sir John Devereux, K.B., who
succeeded as 2nd Baron Ferrers, was summoned to Parliament
during nine years of the reign of Henry VII., and his marriage with
Cecilyr Bourchier, sister and sole heir of Henry, Earl of Ewe and
Essex, and Baroness Bourchier in her own right, led to his son by
that alliance eventually inheriting from his mother the Barony of
Bourchier. The Baroness, it is interesting to note, was maternally
descended from Thomas Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, youngest
son of Edward III.
Succeeding his father in 1500, the 3rd Baron Ferrers became
in 1550 the ist Viscount Hereford, a dignity he owed to the active
and distinguished part he took in the French Wars of Henry VIII.
Attached to the Viscounty, so worthily conferred in recognition of
brilliant services, was an annual rent of twenty marks out of
the revenues of the County of Hereford to his Lordship and his
heirs males for ever. His grandson, Walter, who succeeded him
in 1558, was created Earl of Essex in 1572, four years before
his death in Dublin, where he was residing as Earl Marshall
of Ireland.
His Lordship's son, Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex, K.G,, who
filled the high offices of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Earl
Marshall of England, is best remembered as the distinguished and
unfortunate friend of Queen Elizabeth. His wife was daughter and
heir of Sir Francis Walsington, Secretary of State, and widow of
the famous Sir Philip Sydney. His only son who succeeded him at
an early age — the 2nd Earl was beheaded on Tower Hill in 1601 —
spent a notable career in the stirring days of the first half of
the 1 7th century. He was attached for many years to the Royal
cause, but in 1642 threw in his lot with the Parliamentary forces,
accepting a general's commission and a command. His death in
1646 marked the close of a singularly brilliant career, whose
personality had attracted the prominence which his many qualifica-
tions as a leader thoroughly entitled him to enjoy. The interment
of his remains in Westminster Abbey was the occasion of a national
demonstration, members of both Houses of Parliament attending the
obsequies. Succeeding to the Earldom at an early age, the
3rd Earl had married when only fourteen years of age, a daughter of
Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk, a lady who after her divorce from
the youthful Earl of Essex became notorious as the wife of the Earl
of Somerset. By his second marriage (with a daughter of Sir
William Powlett), the Earl of Essex had an only son, who, however,
died in infancy.
On the death of the 3rd Earl of Essex therefore, the Earldoms
of Ewe and Essex expired, and the Barony of Ferrers fell into
abeyance until revived by Charles II. in 1677 in the person of
Sir Robert Shirley, afterwards Earl Ferrers. But the Viscounty of
Hereford devolved upon a kinsman, Walter Devereux, a son of Sir
Edward Devereux, Bt., of Castle Bromwich, and a grandson of the
1st Viscount Hereford. He was the fifth bearer of the title, which
has since been held in unbroken succession. It was George, i3th
Viscount Hereford, who married in 1768 Marianna, only daughter
and heir of George Devereux of Tregoyd, co. Brecon. The
I4th Viscount, who was a Privy Councillor and for some time
Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, was wedded to
Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Cornewell, Bt. Their
eldest son, the father of the present Peer, was in holy orders, being an
Honorary Canon of Durham, and was married to Emma, daughter of
George Ravenscroft.
Robert, i6th Viscount Hereford, who is also a Baronet, was
born in London on January the 3rd, 1843, was educated at Eton and
Sandhurst, and married in 1863 Mary Anna, youngest daughter
of the ist Lord Tredegar. A Justice of the Peace for three
Counties — Brecon, Hereford, and Radnor — his Lordship is a Deputy
Lieutenant of Brecon. Throughout the County of Hereford, and,
indeed, wherever he is known, Lord Hereford enjoys a wide
popularity thoroughly in accord with his good works both in public
and private life, while his reputation as a landlord is one which
justly reflects his keen interest in the welfare of all his neighbours.
The heir to the Viscounty is his Lordship's only son, the Hon.
Robert Charles Devereux (Chairman of Breconshire Quarter
Sessions), who is married to Ethel Mildred, younger daughter
of John Shaw, Esq., of Wilburn Hall, co. York. His Lordship's
seat is Tregoyd, Three Cocks Junction, Breconshire. The Carlton is
his principal Club.
Cfcc RiflM ROIL CDe Viscount Ci ctlcgar,
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CHE career of Viscount Tredegar (Sir Godfrey Charles Morgan)
is, perhaps, one of the happiest examples one could put
forward of the important part that is still taken by many of
the nobility of England in the public work of the day. Very actively
associated with the public life of several shires, more than one
County might reasonably claim him as its own. He was born at
Ruperra Castle, the Glamorganshire seat of his family, and has
always displayed a natural affection for the life of his native County.
Breconshire, too, had in him its Parliamentary representative for
nearly tweuty years before he succeeded his father as Baron ; while
he has for many years been the foremost and most useful resident in
Monmouthshire, both by reason of his position as Lord Lieutenant
of the County and because of the many good works he has forwarded
with characteristic liberality and generous public-spirit. Mon-
mouthshire is his home, for in that County is situated his principal
seat, the stately Tredegar Park.
His lordship is a singularly versatile and able public man, and
his career has been one of great and varied activity. Born on April
28th, 1831; he was educated at Eton and joined the Army in time
to see active service in the Crimea, where, with the gallant six
hundred, he earned undying fame by taking part in the famous charge
that will for all time be memorable in the annals of British soldiery.
He has the Crimean medal and four clasps, the most valued
of which is certainly that which recalls the glory of the iyth Lancers
and the Balaclava Charge. Since his retirement from the Regular
Army, his lordship has lost none of his interest in military matters
and has always been a keen supporter of Militia, Yeomanry,
and Volunteers. After retiring from the Lancers with the rank of
Captain, he was for nearly twenty years a Major in the Gloucester
Yeomanry, while since 1885 he has been Hon. Colonel of the Royal
Monmouth Engineer Militia. As Lord Lieutenant of the County
he has taken an active part in regard to the organisation of the new
Territorial Army Scheme.
Lord Tredegar's active political career has been largely
connected with Breconshire, a County with whose political fortunes
his family has been in close relationship for many generations. He
entered the House of Commons as Member for that County in 1858,
and till 1875, when he succeeded his father and took his seat in the
Upper House, represented the constituency in a manner that
gained for him the highest confidence of the inhabitants, and the
appreciation of many who may have differed from his political
principles. But his well-known interest in agriculture and kindred
pursuits gave him opportunities of doing service which was welcomed
and approved almost with unanimity in the County. His political
influence, of course, extended far beyond the limits of the County
with which his political life was more directly allied. The Conserv-
ative Party in South Wales and Monmouthshire generally had in
him a valued and influential supporter and leader, ever ready to
expend time, energy, and money in advancing the cherished
principles of his political faith. Everywhere his popularity was
assured by the obvious sincerity of his convictions, the geniality of
his manner, and a broad-minded view of questions which could have
offended only the bigoted partisan.
In the public life of Monmouthshire, probably no one has been
more usefully or enthusiastically devoted to its best interests. Since
1899, when he was nominated for the office on the death of
the 8th Duke of Beaufort, he has been H.M.'s Lord Lieutenant
of the County, and fills the position in a manner that has excited the
greatest appreciation throughout the shire and given a fitting dignity
to public and social life within its borders. He has worthily
held the chairmanship of the Monmouthshire County Council, and
is an Alderman of that body. He is a Magistrate of three Counties —
Monmouth, Brecon, and Glamorgan — and a Deputy-Lieutenant
of Breconshire. As Chairman of the Alexandra Dock Company,
he has a close personal interest in the greatest commercial undertak-
ing of Newport.
A man of many parts and accomplishments, Lord Tredegar is
associated with many other spheres of activity and public usefulness.
He is deservedly regarded as one of the greatest friends of agriculture
in the country, and his interest embraces practically every phase of
the farming industry.
A typical example of his patronage and practical support of
the industry is afforded by what is known as " Viscount Tredegar's
Show," held annually at Newport, which takes a prominent position
among the great agricultural shows of the year. Although partaking
of the nature of a private exhibition, in that his lordship provides the
greater part of the prize money, all the classes are open to
the United Kingdom. The show has a high reputation for the
exellence of the stock that it brings together. It serves also a very
useful purpose in encouraging the breeding of good class horses and
cattle, and some of the best in the country are always to be seen at
the annual show. The 1907 show was the eighty-ninth of the series
and Viscount Tredegar's thirty-third exhibition. His lordship is a
keen sportsman and has enjoyed for many years great popularity as
Master of the Tredegar Fox Hounds.
No demonstration of affection could have surpassed in depth
and spontaneity that which marked in December, 1907, the
presentation of a whole County's tribute to the best known and most
popular individual in South Wales. Viscount Tredegar has always
had "the genius to be loved," and Momouthshire has shown in a
remarkable manner its honour and regard for a truly great nobleman,
who, throughout a long life of singular devotion to the common weal
has earned a very real and permanent place in the affection of the
people. The suggestion having been made that the County should
in some way show its esteem for Lord Tredegar while he is
still living, there was a very general desire throughout the County to
be associated with such a popular movement, whose progress was
entirely spontaneous. The subscribers to the County Fund
numbered over six thousand ; the sum raised was about .£3,000. A
portrait of his lordship was painted by Hugh Riviere, R.A., and in
addition it was decided to present a gold cup to his lordship as
a personal souvenir. In accordance with Lord Tredegar's wishes
it was arranged that the balance of the fund should be applied
to the permanent endowment of the various hospitals in the
County.
The presentation took place on December lyth, 1907, at a
public luncheon held in the Drill Hall of the 2nd V.B. South Wales
Borderers at Newport. The scene was a brilliant one, prominent
among the decorations being the painting of the Battle of Balaclava
(by John Charlton) which was exhibited in the Royal Academy in
1905. This noteworthy picture depicts Viscount Tredegar (or Captain
Morgan as he was then) in the act of cutting down a gunner at
the Russian guns in the famous charge of the Light Brigade.
The portrait of his lordship was unveiled and presented by
Sir Henry Mather Jackson, Bt, who also asked Viscount Tredegar's
acceptance of the address and the cheques for presentation to the
hospitals. The address is as follows : —
To the Right Honourable GODFREY CHARLES VISCOUNT
TREDEGAR,
Lord Lieutenant of the County of Monmouth.
We, whose names hereafter follow, desire to place on record
our high appreciation of your great services to this our County
of Monmouth.
As a patriotic Welshman, a gallant soldier, a generous and
enlightened landlord, and a noble and public-spirited philanthropist,
you command our grateful and sincere admiration.
Your unstinted gifts to and unfailing interest in the cause of
religious and public education, and in every movement for the
spiritual, moral, intellectual, and material welfare of the people, have
marked you as their true friend.
In accordance with your own generous wish, we intend
to perpetuate your services to our County by handing over the Public
Tribute raised by us to the Trustees of the various Hospitals of the
county, to be held by them in Trusts bearing your honoured
name.
We present you with your portrait, which we hope may find a
place in your hospitable home, and a replica of which we intend
to present to the Monmouthshire Council Chamber, with a view
to its being placed in their Council Chamber, where it will
remind you of your good work on that important body.
We desire you to accept the accompanying gold cup as a
personal souvenir of this unique occasion.
Signed on behalf of the subscribers,
Henry Mather-Jackson, Bt., Chairman.
Charles D. Phillips, Treasurer.
Percy Laybourne, Hon. Secretary.
The presentation portrait is a striking and much-admired
likeness. Viscount Tredegar, in the uniform of a Lord Lieutenant,
is sitting at a writing table, with his left-hand on the hilt of his
sword, and his right on the papers on his desk.
The album containing the address is enclosed in a casket
of unusual pattern. The lid is panelled, covered with deep red
Russia leather, with an amber Russia leather border richly tooled
in gold, the corners inlaid with red Russia leather. In the centre
is a plate, on which a Viscount's coronet is engraved. The casket
is lined with watered silk of the same shade as the exterior. The
binding of the album is also of red Russia leather. In the centre
is a plate, on which the Tredegar arms are engraved, and there are
massive open-work corners top and bottom. The title page is
richly illuminated with a border in colours and gilt. The border
at the top encloses, in the centre, a medallion, on which are painted
the Tredegar arms, with supporters ; and in the centre of the bottom
border is a water-colour painting of Tredegar House. In the
border on the second page of the address is introduced a panel
containing a picture of the memorial which Lord Tredegar erected
in the grounds at Tredegar Park to " Sir Briggs," the charger
which carried him at Balaclava. A complete list of subscribers is
contained in the album.
The inscription on the gold cup, which was handed to
Viscount Tredegar by Mr. C. D, Phillips, is as follows : —
Presented to Godfrey Charles, Viscount Tredegar, Lord
Lieutenant of the County of Monmouth, together with an oil
painting, an album, containing 6,000 subscribers, and over £2,000
for hospitals, as a personal souvenir of the Public Tribute raised
among his own people and in his own County, in grateful and
admiring recognition of his honoured record as a patriotic
Welshman, a gallant soldier, a generous and enlightened landlord,
a noble and public-spirited philanthropist, whose unstinted gifts
and unfailing interest in the cause of public education, and in every
movement for their spiritual, moral, intellectual, and material
welfare, have marked him as a true friend of the people. Newport,
Dec. lyth, 1907.
The various hospitals in the County have benefited as
under : —
Newport and Monmouthshire Hospital, ^1,250 ; Monmouth
Hospital, £112 IDS. ; Abergavenny Cottage Hospital, .£100 ; Ebbw
Vale Hospital, £125; Pontypool Hospital, £250; Tredegar
Hospital, £162 los. These funds have been invested in the name
of the Trustees as the " Monmouthshire Viscount Tredegar Tribute
Fund," the income to be paid annually in certain defined
proportions.
The speeches at the remarkable and enthusiastic gathering,
which witnessed the presentation all struck the note of the people's
goodwill for a kind-hearted nobleman and a public benefactor, and
the reality of an affectionate demonstration was convincing.
Viscount Tredegar, who was created a Viscount in 1905, is
the 2nd Baron Tredegar, being the eldest surviving son of the
1st Baron by his marriage with Rosamund, only daughter of
General Godfrey Basil Mundy. Through his mother he is a great-
grandson of George Brydges, ist Baron Rodney, the illustrious
Admiral.
The Morgans of Tredegar are descended from Cadivor
Vawr, Lord of Kilsaint. Llewellyn ap Ivor, Lord of St. Clere and
Gwinfar, co. Carmarthen, acquired the Tredegar estates by his
marriage with Angharad, daughter and sole heiress of Sir Morgan
ap Meredith, Lord of Tredegar, who was descended from Rhys,
Prince of South Wales. The representation of the family continued
in the direct male line through many generations, and several
members filled the office of Lord Lieutenant of the Counties of
Monmouth and Brecon. Twelfth in descent from Llewellyn ap
Ivor was Thomas Morgan, Esq., of Ruperra and of Tredegar,
whose daughter Jane eventually succeeded to the Tredegar estates
after the death of her three elder brothers.
She married in 1758 Sir Charles Gould, P.O., LL.D., elder son of
King Gould, Deputy Judge Advocate, who assumed by Royal Licence
in 1792, the name and arms of Morgan in lieu of Gould. Sir
Charles, who was created a Baronet in 1792, graduated at Oxford
in 1751, and was one of the authors of the Oxford poem on the occasion
of the de-ith of Frederick, Prince of Wales. The discharge of his
duties as Judge Advocate General, to which position he was
appointed in 1771, won for him the favour and esteem of George III.
" in no ordinary degree." He was made Chancellor of Salisbury
and Chamberlain of Brecon, Radnor, and Glamorgan, and
represented successively the Borough and County of Brecon in
three Parliaments. Lady Morgan died in 1797, and Sir Charles
in 1806.
The eldest son, Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Baronet, served
in the Army, attaining the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and sat in
Parliament for forty-four years, first as Member for Brecon and
afterwards for County Monmouth. His wife was Mary Margaret,
only child of Captain George Stoney, R.N. The eldest of four sons
succeeded him in 1846.
Sir Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan, the 3rd Baronet, the
father of the present peer, was Member of Parliament for Brecon
and Lord Lieutenant of that County. He was raised to the peerage
as Baron Tredegar in 1859, and died on April i6th, 1875, in
his eighty-fourth year, being succeeded by his eldest surviving son.
The family seats are Tredegar Park, Newport, Monmouth-
shire; and Ruperra Castle, Glamorganshire. Viscount Tredegar has
also a residence at Brecon — The Mansion House. His town house
is 39, Portman Square ; and he is a member of the Carlton, Army
and Navy, Arthur's, Boodle's, St. Stephen's, Bachelors', White's,
Ranelagh, and Hurlingham Clubs.
THK RT. REV. JOHN OWEN, D.D.,
Bishop of St. David's.
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holds with so much credit to !
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£IKE so many of the spiritual peers, the Right Rev. John Owen,
D.D., who was consecrated Bishop of St. David's in 1897, nas
had a notable scholastic career. Before his elevation to the
high office he now holds with so much credit to himself and
usefulness to the Church, he was well-known in Wales for his
splendid services as Principal of St. David's College, Lampeter, and
prior to that as Warden and Headmaster of Llandovery College.
He therefore entered upon his heavy episcopal duties with a record
of exceptionally zealous service behind him, and certainly in the
enjoyment of the highest confidence of his ecclesiastical brethren in
the Diocese. His subsequent career during the past ten years has
confirmed the wisdom of the choice then made. One of the
youngest of English Bishops, he has applied himself to his charge
with singular zeal and devotion and with a vigour that enables
him to accomplish a mass of detailed organisation demanding
much resource and unceasing watchfulness. The Diocese embraces
the Counties of Pembroke, Cardigan, Carmarthen, and Brecon,
with portions of Radnor and Glamorgan, the whole containing a
population of about half-a-million.
Dr. Owen, who is a son of the late Griffith Owen, Esq., of
Llanengan, was born on August 24th, 1854. He was educated
first at Bottwnog Grammar School, and afterwards at Jesus College,
Oxford, where he gained a scholarship at entrance. He secured a
Second Class Honour in Classical Moderations in 1873, a Second
Class Honour in Mathematical Moderations in 1874, and graduated
with Second Class Honour in Mathematical Finals in 1876,
proceeding to the M.A. degree in 1879. He was Classical Lecturer
and Welsh Professor at St. David's College from 1879 to 1885,
when he was appointed Warden and Headmaster of Llandovery
College, where he remained four years. He was afterwards for
three years Dean of St. Asaph, and was appointed Principal of St.
David's College in 1892, and at the same time Canon of St. Asaph
and Sinecure Rector of Llangeler. A recognised authority on
Welsh history and institutions, Dr. Owen has made a special study
of the Church in Wales, and is the author of several articles and
addresses on the subject that have been published.
His Lordship married in 1882 Amelia, daughter of J. Long-
staff, Esq., of Appleby, Westmorland. He is a member of the
Athenasum Club.
OK Riflbt Rct>* Francis 3ol)n Japne,
Ftt.fl., D.D., 3.P.
Btsbop oT ClKSttr.
IN the person of the Right Rev. John Jayne, D.D., who is a
Justice of the Peace for Cardiganshire, the Diocese of Chester
has a spiritual ruler of singular power and zeal, whose great
earnestness is equalled by his deep regard for the welfare of his
clergy and all under his jurisdiction. A sound theologian, he has
among his spiritual peers few equals as an organiser of great
resource and adaptability, and the character of his work since his
appointment to the busy Diocese of Chester in 1889 has even
surpassed the expectations of those who were familiar with his
work as Principal of St .David's College and also in Leeds.
The son of John Jayne, Esq., J.P., of Pant-y-Bailea, Brecon,
his Lordship was born on New Year's Day, 1845, and was educated
at Rugby and at Wadham College, Oxford, of which he was a
Scholar. He took First Class in Moderations in 1866, and a First
Class in Classics and Law and Modern History in 1868, in which
year he became Fellow of Jesus College. He was Senior Hall and
Hough ton Greek Testament Prizeman in 1879. After his ordina-
tion in 1870, he was for one year Curate of St. Clement's, Oxford,
and then became Lecturer of Jesus College and Tutor of Keble
College, where he remained till 1879. Then came his appoint-
ment as Principal of St. David's College, Lampeter, which was
attended with singularly happy results for that institution, the
general efficiency of which showed a marked advance during the
seven years he was in charge. His selection to succeed Dr. Gott as
Vicar of Leeds in 1886, though a great loss to the famous Welsh
College, gave great satisfaction in Yorkshire, where, however, Dr.
Jayne remained only three years, during which time he was also
Rural Dean, as he had been during his last two years at Lampeter.
His Lordship was Whitehall Preacher 1875-77, and Select Preacher
at Oxford in 1884.
The Bishop of Chester married in 1872 Emily Sarah,
daughter of Watts John Garland, Esq., of Lisbon.
THE Kx. HON. THE BARON DYNEVOK, D.L., J.P.
ClK Rt Bon. Che Cora Dpneoor, DJL, 3.p,
SYDNEY Smith has declared that the nitx-i. beautiful possession
which a country can have is a noble and rich man who loves
virtue and knowledge, who, without being factious, is firm
and independent, and who is a thoughtful promoter of all that, can
shed a lustre upon his country or promote the peace and order of
the world. This eulogy may fittingly be applied to Lord Dynevor,
who comes of illustrious pedigree. His Lordship m w be regarded
as an ideal country nobleman, and one who finds m tins capacity <>
congenial and useful field for hi^ tastes and abilities. His Lordship
illustrates in his birth, his training, and his person the qualities- and
traits which are a distinguishing feature of our Briti'-h nobility and
which still make them minature kings in their own districts.
Lord Dynevor in descended from L'ryan Rheged, Knight
of the Round Table (married Margaret La Faye, half-sister to King
Arthur), and also from Sir Rhys ap Thomas, K.G., and the famous
Charles Talbot, i st Lord Talbot, who was appointed Lord High
Chancellor of England in 1733. His eldest son, William, who was
created Earl Talbot in 1761 and was Lord Steward of the House-
hold, married Mary, the only daughter and heiress of the Rt. Hon.
Adam de Cardonnel, of Bedhampton Park, Southampton. In
Tin; Ki. Il,.\. THE B.\K. •> ])*, \IVOK, D.L.. I.P.
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Rt Bon* Cftc Cora Dpneoor, D,C
SYDNEY Smith has declared that the most beautiful possession
which a country can have is a noble and rich man who loves
virtue and knowledge, who, without being factious, is firm
and independent, and who is a thoughtful promoter of all that can
shed a lustre upon his country or promote the peace and order of
the world. This eulogy may fittingly be applied to Lord Dynevor,
who comes of illustrious pedigree. His Lordship may be regarded
as an ideal country nobleman, and one who finds in this capacity a
congenial and useful field for his tastes and abilities. His Lordship
illustrates in his birth, his training, and his person the qualities and
traits which are a distinguishing feature of our British nobility and
which still make them minature kings in their own districts.
Lord Dynevor in descended from Uryan Rheged, Knight
of the Round Table (married Margaret La Faye, half-sister to King
Arthur), and also from Sir Rhys ap Thomas, K.G., and the famous
Charles Talbot, ist Lord Talbot, who was appointed Lord High
Chancellor of England in 1733. His eldest son, William, who was
created Earl Talbot in 1761 and was Lord Steward of the House-
hold, married Mary, the only daughter and heiress of the Rt. Hon.
Adam de Cardonnel, of Bedhampton Park, Southampton. In
addition to being made Earl Talbot, this peer was in 1780 created
Baron Dincvor of Dinevor, co. Carmarthen. By special remainder
this peerage at his death devolved upon his only child, Cecil, who
assumed the name of De Cardonnel by Royal Licence pursuant to
the will of hrr mother. The Baroness Dinevor married in 1756 the
Rt }J.jn Cieorg" Rice, P.C., of Newton, co. Carmarthen, who was
Lord Lieutenant lor the County and the Member for Carmarthen
fr- J/79- The elder .son of this marriage was George
'j ^rd Tlaron Dvnevor, who resumed his paternal name of Rice.
'lit IK/T, Arthur De Cardonnel Rice, 6th Baron
I)\ --or, is T! »e rfcn < 51)1 Baron, who was Vicar of Fairford,
v^rrsh'K-, art<! wl j married in 1830 Harriet Ives, daughter of
.r.ih'el i^;iv];;i,nd Barker. Their only son was born on the 24th
ir:ii \ •- cJuratal at Christ Church, Oxford, where
\t\* M,A. <:r^j>r. His Lordship married in 1869 Selina
d d.'ugmci of the Hon. Arthur Lascelles, and has one
daughter, his son being the Hon. Walter Fitz Uryan
Ki<jj
I.OK' i?)ynnvoi Is boih ;\ Justi. • n of the Peace and a Deputy-
Ht<-;Kmt i'(ii C:-' 'n.i.rthen. Thub he is prominently identified
.lunty nu\tl( r.-,, in whii'h lie takes a very active interest.
Ai:i:»ng«t his r-ol leagues in administrative matters his Lordship has
aU\:-ys b^t u exceedingly popular, for he is known to infuse consid-
er a b i1 energy and earnestness into every subject he has taken up,
and whenever lie has identified himself with a public movement or
institution, he has taken good care that the same shall not Suffer
for want of any active efforts on his part.
Dynevor Castle, Lord Dynevor's picturesque seat, was built
probably about 1635, and was considerably enlarged and moder-
nised in 1858. Amongst the ancient treasures contained within its
walls are two curiously decorated chairs of oak, which belonged to
Sir Rhys ap Thomas.
DVNKVOR CASTLE.
Che RiflM Ron. Che Baron flbcrdarc,
W., D.E., V.D.
AMONG the peerages of modern creation none was won by more
conscientious and useful public and political service than
that conferred in 1873 upon the late Right Hon. Sir Henry
Austin Bruce, P.C., G.C.B., D.C.L., father of the present Baron
Aberdare, of Duffryn, co. Glamorgan, who succeeded to the title in
1895. Unlike his father Lord Aberdare has not sought honours in
an active political life, but in the public life of Glamorganshire and
South Wales generally he takes a sincere and very practical interest,
and enjoys a wide popularity, which is peculiarly apparent on his
extensive estates, in the management of which he displays deep
consideration for the welfare of his tenantry.
Henry Campbell Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare, was born
on June igth, 1851, being the son of the ist Baron by his (first)
marriage with Annabella, only daughter of Richard Beadon, Esq.,
of Clifton, by Annabella A' Court, his wife, sister of the ist Lord
Heytesbury. He was educated at Rugby and Berlin, and married
on February loth, 1880, Constance Mary, only daughter of
Hamilton Beckett, Esq., by Hon. Sophia Clarence Copley, his wife,
daughter of Lord Lyndhurst.
Lord Aberdare has devoted much of his time to the
Volunteer movement in Wales, and the Volunteer Decoration
conferred upon him represents a good deal more than a mere
general interest in that line of defence. He was f.-r many years an
active Volunteer officer, actuated by a keen desire to advance the
efficiency of the force with which he was connected, and as
Lieut. -Colonel of the 3rd Volunteer Battalion Welsh Regiment
his services were attended with a great measure of success.
The name of Lord Aberdare is also identified with the
educational progress of Wales, and in this sphere he has taken also
a prominent part in enhancing the efficiency of a department which
has in recent years engaged the earnest attention of all public
leaders in the Principality. Educational advancement is essentially
one of the main phases in the public life of Wales, and a cause
having so important an influence on the industrial and social life
of the community could have no more valuable and hearty support
than is accorded to it by Lord Aberdare, whose wide knowledge of
the subject and sympathetic attitude towards the general wishes
of the people are on all hands acknowledged. As President of the
University of Wales he holds a position of considerable influence,
and his functions in that capacity have always been exercised with
thoroughness and sound judgment. He is a Justice of the Peace
and Deputy Lieutenant for Glamorganshire, and in politics is a
Liberal.
Both Lord and Lady Aberdare take a very kindly interest
in the welfare of their neighbours and are supporters of many
deserving and charitable institutions, the benefactions of the family
in the district being numerous. The Victoria Pleasure Grounds
and Park at Mountain Ash, which were opened in 1897, were given
to the town by Lord Aberdare and the Overseers, while the Cottage
Hospital in the same town, which was erected in 1896, was the
gift of Lady Aberdare. Lord and Lady Aberdare have four sons
and three daughters. The heir to the Baroncy is the Hon. Henry
Lyndhurst Bruce, who married October nth, 1906, Camilla
Antoinetta, daughter of the late Reynold Clifford, Esq. The
eldest daughter, Margaret Cecilia, is married to Viscount Newport,
eldest son of the 4th Earl of Bradford.
Lord Aberdare descends from an ancient Shropshire family.
His great-grandfather, John Knight, Esq., married in 1779,
Margaret, daughter of William Bruce, of Llanblethian, co.
Glamorgan, whose wife was the eldest daughter of Gabriel Lewes,
Esq., of Llanishen House, co. Glamorgan. The eldest son of that
marriage was John Bruce-Pryce, Esq., J.P., D.L., who married
first, in 1807, Sarah, daughter of the Rev. Hugh Williams Austin,
Rector of St. Peters, Island of Barbadoes, and whose second son
became the ist Baron Aberdare.
It was after twenty years of Parliamentary life that the
Right Hon. Sir Henry Austin Bruce was raised to the peerage.
From 1852 to 1868 he was Member of Parliament for Merthyr
Tydfil, and in the remaining four years that he was in the Lower
House he represented Renfrewshire. After ten years' service as
a private member he received the first of a succession of important
administrative appointments, being successively Under Secretary
for the Home Department (1862-64), Vice-President of the
Education Board (1864-66), and Secretary of State for the Home
Department (1866-73). Subsequently he served (1873-74) as Lord
President of the Council. His second wife, whom he married in
1854, was Norah Creina Blanche, youngest daughter of Lieut. -
General Sir William Napier, K.C.B., by Caroline, his wife,
daughter of General the Hon. Henry Fox, and niece of Charles
James Fox.
Duffryn House, Mountain Ash, is Lord Aberdare's
principal seat. His other seat is at Longwood, Winchester, and
his town house, 83, Eaton Square, S.W. His lordship is a member
of Brooks's, Prince's and Queen's Clubs.
Che Riaht Ron. Che Baron filanusk,
Eora-Cicutcnnm or Brcconsbirc.
$ECOND Baron of his line, Lord Glanusk (Sir Joseph Henry
Russell Bailey, D.S.O.), succeeded his father in January, 1906,
after an active military career which had clearly demonstrated
his fitness to worthily maintain the high traditions of his House,
associated as they are with public services which have for many
generations given distinction to his sires. With the widest popular
approval, he succeeded his father as Lord Lieutenant of
Breconshire, and like the ist Baron, who held that dignity for thirty
years, has invested the office with a very real purpose in the public
life of the Shire, associating himself in a most practical manner
with all that concerns the best welfare of the County.
Lord Glanusk was born on October 26th, 1864. He was
educated at Eton, where he captained the Football Team of '83,
and afterwards went to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,
joining the Grenadier Guards in 1885, and attaining in due course
the rank of Major. He was decorated for his services during the
South African War, when as Adjutant to the City Imperial
Volunteers his whole energies were successfully devoted to duties
of an exacting if congenial character. After the war he commanded
for two years the Guards' Depot at Caterham, and in 1904 was
appointed to the command of the 3rd Battalion South Wales
Borderers. Throughout his life he has been a keen sportsman,
and still engages with zest in the active pursuits of country life.
On August 6th, 1890, Lord Glanusk married Editha Elma,
daughter of the late Major Warden Sergison, D.L., of Cuckfield
Park, Sussex. Lord and Lady Glanusk have three sons and one
daughter.
Lord Glanusk represents a family noted for their public
services. His great-grandfather, Sir Joseph Bailey, Bt, represented
Worcester in three Parliaments and subsequently sat for
Breconshire. He was created a Baronet in 1852, six years before
his death. His eldest son, Joseph Bailey, Esq., of Easton Court,
co. Hereford, represented Herefordshire in Parliament, but died in
1850, the Baronetcy thus devolving upon the eldest son of his
marriage with Elizabeth Mary, only child of William Congreve
Russell, Esq. Sir Joseph Russell, 2nd Baronet, who, on succeeding,
was in his nineteenth year, was educated at Harrow and Christ
Church, Oxford. He married in 1861 Mary Ann, daughter of
Henry Lucas, Esq., M.D., of Glauyrafon, and in 1865 entered
upon the long political career which gained for him such well-
deserved distinction and was a factor in his elevation to the
Peerage in 1899. For twenty years he represented the County of
Hereford, and after the redistribution of seats, sat for Hereford
City until 1892. In several Counties his public work was
considerable. From 1875 he was Lord Lieutenant of Breconshire,
which he served as High Sheriff in 1864, and he was also on the
Commission of the Peace for Herefordshire and Radnorshire. His
Lordship was awarded the Volunteer Officers' Decoration for his
services to the ist Volunteer Battalion South Wales Borderers, of
which he was Hon. Colonel.
Glanusk Park, Lord Glanusk's principal seat, is of great
extent and extremely picturesque. It contains the famous Turpilan
Stone, which was brought here from the hill above Crickhowell.
The mansion is a modern Elizabethan structure, erected by Sir
Christopher Bailey, ist Baronet. Peterstone Court is in the
parish of Llanhamlach, while Glanwye, yet another of his Lordship's
seats in Breconshire, is situated amidst romantic scenery
characteristic of the Builth district. Lord Glanusk has also a seat
in Herefordshire — Easton Court, Tenbury.
Lord Glanusk is a member of the Guards', National Sporting
and Carlton Clubs.
THE RT. HON. THK BARON GLANTAWE, J.P., D.L
Che Right Bon. Che Baron 61antau>e,
J.P., B.C.
CHE services rendered to South Wales by Lord GhnSawe
been so notable both in extent and character, thru
considered in relation to the industrial, public or
, his career is one which worthily adorns the Pee,
Kingdom. His elevation to that dignity in iyo6 ~vas ;•-
reward for long devotion to the n wea!. and it was rc<
^ughout Sout!. and p tly in Swansea rvith \
;reatest satisfaction', quite irrespocii-.c > political d
widest sphere of public us-
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Cbe RiflM fion. Cbe Baron Giaiitaioe,
3.P., D.C.
CHE services rendered to South Wales by Lord Glantawe have
been so notable both in extent and character, that whether
considered in relation to the industrial, public or political
life, his career is one which worthily adorns the Peerage of
the Kingdom. His elevation to that dignity in 1906 was a fitting
reward for long devotion to the common weal, and it was regarded
throughout South Wales and particularly in Swansea with feelings
of the greatest satisfaction, quite irrespective of political distinctions,
for in the widest sphere of public usefulness which concerns the
general well-being and industrial life of the people, Lord Glantawe
has for many years enjoyed a pre-eminence in the regard of
the community which has been a just reflection of the magnitude of
his public work. Especially has this been the case in Swansea, with
the remarkable growth of which town during the last thirty or forty
years no one has been more intimately associated than the dis-
tinguished nobleman whose able guidance and powerful influence have
contributed so largely to its commercial progress and prosperity.
While the whole of South Wales has abundant reasons to
appreciate his services, it is upon Swansea that his greatest efforts
have been centred. His public services in that thriving industrial
centre have covered the greater portion of his life. As far back as
1895 the honour of the freedom of the Borough was conferred upon
him in recognition of thirty years' public service, and the indebt-
edness of the town to his Lordship has, of course, been enhanced by
the continuance of his kindly offices during the succeeding years.
Both in the development of its vast industrial possibilities and in
the guidance of its civic affairs, Swansea has had in Lord Glantawe
a leader of singular sagacity and characteristic public spirit. He has
thrice held the Mayoralty of the town, first in 1869-70 and again in
1879-80 and 1880-81 ; and he was created a Knight in 1882. Since
his elevation to the peerage, his Lordship has been again pressed to
accept the Mayoralty of the town he has so loyally served,
but owing principally to considerations of health and the claims
of Parliamentary duties in the Upper House, he was unable to accept,
feeling that it would not be possible in the circumstances to
adequately discharge the duties devolving upon the Chief Magistrate
of such a large and important town.
Lord Glantawe's political career has included several years'
service in the House of Commons, which he entered as a Liberal
in 1882 as Member for Carmarthen District. He retained the seat
till 1886, but was then out of the House till 1895, when he returned
as representative of his old constituency and sat until 1900. As a
Parliamentarian he rendered useful service both to his Party and to
his constituency, his varied experience and wide knowledge of many
matters giving him a position of peculiar authority. In the Upper
House, too, his speeches have enhanced his reputation as a thought-
ful and practical politician of decided views.
The notable character of his Lordship's long career as
a leader of industry is widely known beyond the borders of Wales, no
less than are his eminent services to institutions which in a
commercial sense typify the greatness of his native County. Through-
out his life Lord Glantawe has been identified with the Tinplate
trade and has long been recognised as the chief authority in
that industry. He is a member of the Swansea Harbour Trust, and
from 1891 to 1898 was Chairman of that important body, whose
deliberations he guided with that rare ability and tact which have
always marked his career in public capacities. Equally notable in
character are his services as Chairman of the Swansea Royal Metal
Exchange, in which he has for many years been one of the leading
and most influential figures. He is a Director of the Metropolitan
Bank (of England and Wales), and held for some years the Chairman-
ship of the Rhonda and Swansea Bay Railway. Lord Glantawe serves
as a member of the Governing Body controlling the Intermediate and
Technical Education of the Borough of Swansea, and in 1889-90
was President of the Royal Institution of South Wales, which has
done much to promote literary and artistic interests. A Justice of
the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Glamorganshire, Lord
Glantawe served as High Sheriff in 1889, and he is also on
the Commission of the Peace for co. Carmarthen and the Borough of
Swansea. He is an Hon. Lieutenant of the Royal Naval Artillery
Volunteers.
Lord Glantawe, who was born at Clydach on May loth, 1835,
is the son of the late Jenkin Jenkins, Esq., of Bath Villa, Morriston,
Glamorgan, by Sarah, his wife (who died in 1902), fourth daughter
of John Jones, Esq., of Clydach. He married first, January, 2oth,
1854, Margaret, daughter of the late Josiah Rees, Esq., of Morriston,
who died on March gth, 1863 ; and secondly, on May loth,
1864, Catherine, daughter of the late Edward Daniel, Esq., C.E., of
Morriston. Lady Jenkins died on June 2gth, 1900.
By his adoption of the title of Baron Glantawe of Swansea,
his Lordship very fittingly associated the high honour conferred upon
him with the district which has benefited so largely by his munificence
and public labours, and his decision in this respect coincided with
the wishes of his numerous friends on the banks of the Tawe and
in Abertawe itself.
Lord Glantawe's principal seat is the Grange, Swansea, and
his town residence is 13, Cadogan Place, S.W. He is a member of
the Reform and National Union Clubs.
Colonel toe Ron, frcdcric Courtcnap Morgan,
3.P., D.£M V.D.
CHE long political services of Colonel the Hon. Frederic
Courtenay Morgan, J.P., D.L., V.D., of Ruperra Castle,
Llanvedw, constitute only one phase in a career of
exceptional activity, Buch as has long been characteristic of
members of the illustrious House to which he belongs. He is the
third but second surviving son of the ist Baron Tredegar (by his
marriage with Rosamund, only daughter of General Godfrey Basil
Mundy, and grand-daughter of the ist Lord Rodney), and is a
brother of the present Viscount Tredegar, to whose titles he is heir
presumptive. He was born on May 24th, 1834, educated at
Winchester, and married on May 3rd, 1858, Charlotte Ann,
daughter of Charles Alexander Williamson, Esq., of Balgray,
Dumfriesshire.
Colonel Morgan's military experience embraces much active
service, for like his elder brother he served through the Crimean
War, going to the front shortly after obtaining his commission in
the Rifle Brigade, in which he attained the rank of Captain. The
nature of his service in that arduous campaign may be judged from
the fact that he has five clasps with his Crimean medal, together
with the Turkish medal and Medjidie. His retirement from the
Regular Army was followed by active association with the
Volunteers, his valuable work in connection with this branch of
the service gaining for him the Volunteer Officers' Decoration.
From 1860 to 1870 he was Lieutenant-Colonel of the ist Monmouth-
shire Volunteers, and since 1881 has been Hon. Colonel of the
2nd Volunteer Battalion South Wales Borderers.
The popularity of Colonel Morgan has long borne the
stringent test of political service, and the fact that for more than
thirty years he had a seat in the House of Commons is a tribute
alike to the esteem in which he is held and to his readiness and
ability to serve his fellows in a capacity that has made very
considerable demands upon his time and his untiring energy.
County Monmouth secured him as its representative as long ago as
1874 and a singularly happy association with the political life of
the County extended till the General Election of 1906, when he
retired with all the honours of conspicuously useful service. On
the redistribution of seats in 1885 he had thrown in his lot with
the Southern Division of the County. A vigorous exponent of
Conservative principles, Colonel Morgan was always robust in his
faith, and throughout his active political career his views were
always expressed with a resolution and emphasis which clearly
defined his position. Never half-hearted in his advocacy of any
policy with which he was favourably impressed, he was equally
straightforward and determined'as an opponent. Perhaps for that
very reason he gained the respect of his political opponents as he
did the perfect confidence and esteem of his followers.
It is noteworthy that the Morgans have for long been a
force in the political life of South Wales. The late Baron
Tredegar, Colonel Morgan's father, was for many years Member
of Parliament for Brecon before his elevation to the peerage ; and
before him several of his sires had represented that County in the
House.
Colonel Morgan's public activities have been exercised in
many spheres other than military and political. A Deputy-
Lieutenant for Monmouthshire, he is a Justice of the Peace for that
County and also for Glamorganshire, and apart from his magisterial
duties takes an active part in general public and social life. He
has two sons and two daughters.
Ruperra Castle, Colonel Morgan's seat, forms a fine
mansion and dates from the early part of the seventeenth century.
His London residence is 39, Portman Square, W., and he is a
member of the Carlton, Army and Navy, and St. Stephen's Clubs.
SIR FRANCIS CARADOC ROSE PRICE, BT., J.P.
Sir Francis Caradoc Rose price, Bt.
$IR Francis Caradoc Rose Price, Bt., J.P.. of Hensol Castle,
Pontyclun, co. Glamorgan, su< reeded to the 'atle shoitly
before he came of age in June, 1901, on the death of his
brother, the qth Baronet, who was killed in action during
South African War. He, too, saw active service in that campaign
as a Lieutenant in the 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers, from .vh>rh
Regiment he retired in 1903. He has since devoted himself to
military duties in connection with the Glamorganshire !i;..pe:\.il
Yeomanry, hunting and travelling being other of his j,-v: suits.
The second son of Sir Rose Lambart Price. ; i Banvie i'reng-
wainton, Cornwall, Sir Francis was born .- Scotia,
on June 2gth, 1880, and was educated c<t \V<
mother, Isabel Elizabeth, youngest <1,U!<hl£;- Jdhit William
Tarleton, Esq., of Killeigh, King'1; Co«.mty, :- ; .':to. e of the late
Rowland Fothergill, Esq., of Hensrl Ca&tif.. t*t which seat Lady
Price-Fothergill, who assumed thfc sdd:tioaal surname by Royal
Licence in 1895, resides. She has dvxv: snuc.h travelling.
The name of Price will rvet be iionourably associated with
the early government of Jamaica a^ a British Colony. Under Penn
and Venabies, Francis Price, who was descended from Caradoc
SIR 1 KAN* ;s CARADOC ROSE PRICE, BT., J.P.
Sir Francis Caradoc Rose price, Bt
$IR Francis Caradoc Rose Price, Bt., J.P., of Hensol Castle,
Pontyclun, co. Glamorgan, succeeded to the title shortly
before he came of age in June, 1901, on the death of his
brother, the 4th Baronet, who was killed in action during the
South African War. He, too, saw active service in that campaign
as a Lieutenant in the ist Royal Welsh Fusiliers, from which
Regiment he retired in 1903. He has since devoted himself to
military duties in connection with the Glamorganshire Imperial
Yeomanry, hunting and travelling being other of his pursuits.
The second son of Sir Rose Lambart Price, 3rd Baronet of Treng-
wainton, Cornwall, Sir Francis was born at Halifax, Nova Scotia,
on June 2gth, 1880, and was educated at Wellington College. His
mother, Isabel Elizabeth, youngest daughter of John William
Tarleton, Esq., of Killeigh, King's County, is a niece of the late
Rowland Fothergill, Esq., of Hensol Castle, at which seat Lady
Price-Fothergill, who assumed the additional surname by Royal
Licence in 1895, resides. She has done much travelling.
The name of Price will ever be honourably associated with
the early government of Jamaica as a British Colony. Under Penn
and Venables, Francis Price, who was descended from Caradoc
Vreichvras, Prince between the Wye and the Severn, went to
Jamaica in 1655 and settled there immediately after its conquest by
England. He married Sarah Booth, widow of Colonel William
Rose. His son, Charles Price, of Worthy Park, was the adopted
heir of his maternal half-brother, and became possessed by will of
Rose Hall and other considerable estates in Jamaica. He married
a daughter of Philip Edmunds, of Jamaica.
His eldest son, Charles Price, who was created a Baronet in
1768, came to be affectionately known throughout Jamaica as
" The Patriot" by reason of his many acts of public munificence in
the Island, throughout which his remarkable abilities, no less than
his numerous benefactions and kindly disposition, excited the high-
est admiration of his countrymen. He had the advantage of an
English University education, and returned to his native country
in 1730, the year in which he succeeded to his father's estates. For
several years he was Speaker of the House of Assembly in Jamaica,
and the nature of his services in an extremely difficult position won
for him the grateful acknowledgment of all concerned in the
welfare of the Island, and three times the House of Assembly
solemnly thanked him for his services. He also acted as Judge of
the Supreme Court, Gustos of St. Catherine's, and became Major-
General of the Militia forces of the Island. He died in 1772 and
was buried at Decoy, where a verse epitaph records his patriotism.
His son, Sir Charles Price, 2nd Baronet, succeeded his father as
Speaker of the House of Assembly. He died without issue, and the
Baronetcy expired.
The line was continued by John Price, youngest brother of
the ist Baronet, whose grandson, Rose Price, was created a Baronet
in 1815. Sir Rose, who was a son of John Price, of Worthy Park,
by his marriage with Elizabeth Williams, daughter of John
Brammer, of St. John's, Jamaica, married in 1795, Elizabeth,
youngest daughter of Charles Lambart, Esq., of Beau Pare, co.
Meath, and sister of Frances, wife of the 2nd Earl Talbot. His
PAME ISABKI. ELIZABETH PRICE-FOTHEKGJLL.
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Vreichvras, Prince betw««r the Wye and the Severn, went to
Jamaica in 1^55 and settled \h?rc immediately after its conquest by
England. He married Sar.ii Booth, widow of Colonel William
Rose. His son, Charles Priev> df Worthy Park, was the adopted
heir of his m.iternal half-brct Wr, and became possessed by will of
Rose Hall and other considerate estates in Jamaica. He married
D daughter of Philip Rdra -inus. :>f Jamaica.
His eldest son, Ch;r es Puce, who was created a Baronet in
•S, came to be affection, ueh known throughout Jamaica as
'The Patiiot' by rea:.c», .;f l\i: iii.my acts of public munificence in
<lv. Island, throughout v !<i? rnnarkable abilities, no less than
his numerous l/onefa;. tier, ,i;;1 xmd'.y disposition, excited the high-
est admiration <>f his <^!t''ryroen. He had the advantage of an
English University (Vinrau.'in, ,;:ij returned to his native country
in i73<~>, the year in \vl.;> rreedtd to his father's estates. For
seven'.l years he was SpfVike; of t!ie House of Assembly in Jamaica,
and the nature of l^s s<:r \ au cxtiemely difficult position won
u:m thp grateful r.''knf;',vi^dgmen\ of all concerned in the
.velfarc of tl:e Island, raid tii;ef times the House of Assembly
holfnnly 'hanked him foi h'>> set\icrs. he also acted as Judge of
the Supreme Court, Gustos of St. Citheriie's, and became Major-
General of the Militia force^ of tlie Island. He died in 1772 and
was buried at Decoy, uhere a verse epitaph records his patriotism.
His son, Sir Charles Price, 2nd Baronet, succeeded his father as
Speaker of the House of Assembly. He died without issue, and the
Baronetcy expired.
The line was continued by John Price, youngest brother of
the ist Baronet, whose grandson, Rose Price, was created a Baronet
in 1815. Sir Rose, who was a son of John Price, of Worthy Park,
by his marriage with Elizabeth Williams, daughter of John
Brammer, of St. John's, Jamaica, married in 1795, Elizabeth,
youugest daughter of Charles Lambart, Esq., of Beau Pare, co.
Mcath. and sister of Frances, wife of the 2nd Earl Talbot. His
PAME ISABKL ELIZABETH PRICE-FOTHERGILL.
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HICNSOL CASTLE.
successor was his second son, Charles Button Price, who, dying
unmarried in 1872, was succeeded by his nephew, the elder son of
Captain Francis Price (igth Foot and y8th Highlanders), by his
marriage with Catherine Henrietta, third daughter of Henry
Hewitt, Esq., of Cork. Sir Rose Lambart Price, the 3rd Baronet,
was a Major in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, and his marriage
took place in 1877. His eldest son, Sir Rose Price, who succeeded
his father in April, 1899, was, as already mentioned, killed in action
in South Africa on June gth, 1901. Like the present Baronet, the
youngest son, William Vreichvras Rose Price, has also entered upon
a military career, and holds a commission in the gth Lancers.
Indeed, the family is noted for the large number of sons it has given
to the service of the State, many kinsmen of the present Baronet
having gained distinction in military and administrative services.
Hensol Castle is situated in the parish of Pendoylan, where
Lady Price-Fothergill, widow of the 3rd Baronet, is Lady of the
Manor. The present Baronet was placed on the Commission of the
Peace for the County of Glamorgan in 1904, and is Conservative in
politics.
Sir James fiatnlpn
Williams UliHiains-DruitiitioiuI, Bt,
Cord Oeutciiant or CamartbctisWrc.
nO one in Carmarthenshire would dispute the description of Sir
James Hamlyn Williams Williams-Drummond as a very
popular Lord Lieutenant of the County. In his high office
as representative of his Sovereign, he has since his appointment in
1898 proved his fitness to occupy with uncommon distinction a
position of influence and authority which is at once the most
venerable and coveted honour the Shire can offer to its leaders in
social and public life. In the present case, too, it was a tribute
well deserved by Sir James's valuable public service, and a recog-
nition of his singularly useful influence.
Sir James, who comes of a notable Scottish House, was born
at Clovelly Court, Devon, on January J3th, 1857, being the eldest
son of Sir James Williams-Drummond, 3rd Baronet, by his marriage
with Mary Eleanor, second daughter and co-heiress of Sir James
Hamlyn Williams, 3rd Baronet, of Clovelly Court, and Edwinsford,
co. Carmarthen. Educated at Eton, he served in the Grenadier
Guards from 1878 to 1883. He has also been actively connected
with the Carmarthen Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia), and since
1902 has been Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Regiment, with
the honorary rank of Colonel. He succeeded his father in 1866,
and married on January 3oth, 1889, Madeline Diana Elizabeth,
widow of Thomas Henry Clifton, Esq., of Lytham Hall, and
daughter of Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th Baronet, and grand -daughter
of the ist Earl of Gainsborough.
Devoted for many years to the interests of Carmarthenshire,
and giving a large share of his time to public duties in that County,
Sir James has throughout acted with a high regard to the best wel-
fare of the community, and that fact, coupled with his public-spirit
and admirable personal qualities, has won for him a warm place in
the hearts of a host of friends of all ranks. He was High Sheriff of
the County in 1885, and as a member of the Carmarthen County
Council, and by his active association with many County institu-
tions, has been unremitting in his attention to his public duties, so
that in a variety of ways the Shire has benefited by the guidance
and support of a gentleman of singular ability and culture. He is
Chairman of the Bench of Magistrates adjudicating at Llansawel.
Hawthornden, Sir James's seat near Edinburgh, recalls much
of the interesting history of the Drummonds. This Scottish estate
was purchased from a branch of the Douglas family by Sir John
Drummond, Gentleman-Usher to James VI., who was knighted in
1603 when he came to England with his Sovereign. He died in
1610, and was buried at Holyrood. His father was Sir Robert
Drummond, of Carnock, Master of Works to James V., and the
family was a branch of the Drummonds of Stobhall, whose chief
representative became Earl of Perth early in the seventeenth
century. Through Annabella Drummond, daughter of John
Drummond, of Stobhall, who married Robert III. of Scotland
in 1357, and was the mother of James I., they were related to
the Royal family.
The son and heir of Sir "John Drummond was perhaps the
most famous of the Drummonds who owned Hawthornden. Born
in 1585, William Drummond was widely known and is still
regarded as one of the most gifted and able of Scottish poets and
historians. Ben Johnson, it is said, travelled from London on
foot to Scotland solely for the purpose of visiting him at his
romantic seat. Sir William Drummond, his son, was knighted by
Charles II. Grand-daughter of Sir William was Mary Barbara, who
inherited Hawthornden, and whose second husband was Dr.
William Abernethy, Bishop of Edinburgh, who was one of the first
among the Scottish Bishops to urge that the time had come for the
Episcopalians to give public proof of their submission to the House
of Hanover by praying in the words of the English Liturgy for the
King and Royal Family. The manuscripts of William Drummond,
the poet, were presented by him to Edinburgh University in 1782.
Mrs. Mary Barbara Drummond (she had assumed that surname)
settled Hawthornden on her cousin, Mary Ogilvie, daughter of John
Ogilvie, Esq., of Murkle. The latter lady married Captain John
Forbes, R.N., who assumed the name of Drummond, and was for
his distinguished services created a Baronet in 1828, with remainder
to his son-in-law Francis, who had married in 1810, Margaret
Anne, the heiress of the ist Baronet, and had then assumed the
surname and arms of Drummond. He succeeded his father-in-law
in May, 1829.
Sir Francis Walker-Drummond, 2nd Baronet, was the eldest
son of James Walker, Esq., of Dairy, Midlothian, by Jane Hay, his
wife, daughter of Richard Hay Newton, Esq., of Newton, grandson
of John, Marquess of Tweddale, and the Lady Jane Maitland, his
wife, only child of John, Duke of Lauderdale.
James, his eldest son, succeeded the 2nd Baronet in 1844, and
pursuant to the will of his father-in-law, under which his wife,
Lady Drummond, inherited the Edwinsford estate, assumed the
surname of Williams in lieu of Walker and in addition to and
before that of Drummond. By grant from the Lord Lyon he also
bore the arms of Williams, quarterly with those of Drummond.
He died on May loth, 1866 (his widow surviving till 1872), and
was succeeded by the eldest of his three surviving sons, the present
Baronet.
The mansion at Edwinsford, in the parish of Llansawel,
Carmarthenshire, is an edifice of stone in Gothic style. The park
surrounding it is over four hundred acres in extent, and is watered
by the river Gothy. Sir James also owns the ancient seat of
the Drummonds at Hawthornden. Yachting is one of his principal
recreations. He is a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron, and
his principal Clubs are the Carlton, Guards', White's, Travellers',
and the New at Edinburgh.
SIR HKKJSERT E. V. LEWIS, Br., J.P., D.L.
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SIR HKKISERT K. F. LEWIS, Br., J.P., D.L.
LADY LEWIS.
Sir Berber! eamund ?rankiand Cewis,
Bt., 3.P., D.C.
SIR Herbert Edmund Frankland Lewis, Bt., J.P., D.L., of
Harpton Court, is the representative of one of the most
notable families of Radnorshire. For more than three
centuries its members have been leaders in the social and public life
of the County. As far back as 1552 the family supplied a Sheriff
for the County in the person of Thomas Lewis, of Harpton, whose
descendant, Thomas Lewis, was towards the close of the seven-
teenth century Colonel of the train-bands of Radnor and Brecon.
The latter's eldest son, Thomas Lewis, Esq., of Harpton Court,
who was born in 1690, did much to strengthen the close relationship
existing between the County and the Lewis family, as upon the
accession of the House of Brunswick he was returned to Parliament
for the Borough of Radnor, which place he represented in Parlia-
ment for nearly half-a-century.
His nephew, John Lewis, Esq., who succeeded him, had
three daughters by his first marriage with Mary, daughter of Captain
Charles Colby, R.N. He married, secondly, in 1778, Anne,
daughter of Sir Thomas Frankland, Bt., of Thirkleby Park,
co. York, and by her had one son and two daughters. The son
became the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, 1st Baronet
of Harpton Court, who figured in Parliamentary life for many years.
He represented Beaumaris in Parliament from'iSia to 1826, Ennis
from 1826 to 1828, and Radnorshire from 1828 to 1835, when he
resigned his seat to become Chairman of the Poor Law Commission
but in 1845 he returned to Parliament as Member for the Borough
of Radnor. A man of considerable administrative ability, he held
several important positions, and laid the foundation of a useful
career by successful service on a number of Commissions. An
adherent of Canning, he was in 1827 appointed Joint-Secretary of
the Treasury, and for a short period was Vice-President of the Board
of Trade, while in 1830 he was appointed Treasurer of the Navy.
By the Whig Ministry he was in 1834 appointed Chairman of the
Poor Law Commission, a position he resigned in 1839. In later
years his principal public work was as a member of the Commission
upon the " Rebecca" Riots in Wales, and in 1846 he was deservedly
rewarded with a Baronetcy. Before entering public life he was for
some years Lieut. -Colonel of the Radnorshire Militia.
The ist Baronet, who died in 1855, was twice married, and
he had two sons by his (first) marriage with Harriet, fourth
daughter of Sir George Cornewall, Bt., of Moccas, co. Hereford.
The Right Hon. Sir George Cornewall Lewis, the 2nd
Baronet and uncle of the present holder of the title, added greatly
to the fame of the family, and has been happily described as one of
the most distinguished and deservedly popular politicians and states-
men of his time, and one who also gained distinction as an historian
and essayist, his writings on a variety of subjects being marked by
deep scholarly research. Born in London in 1806, he had a brilliant
career at Eton and Oxford, and was in due course called to the Bar,
but he forsook law for literature, subsequently embarking on the
political career which made him famous.
Early experience of public work was acquired as a Com-
missioner, enquiring into the condition of the poorer classes in
Ireland and into the state of the Irish labourers in the larger towns
in Lancashire and in the south-western portions of Scotland. He
was also a member of the Commission of Inquiry into the state of
religious and other instruction in Ireland, and spent about eighteen
months in Malta, where, as Joint-Commissioner with John Austin,
he enquired into the general affairs of the island. Succeeding his
father in 1839 as a Poor Law Commissioner, he held that office for
seven years.
He entered the House of Commons as Member for Hereford-
shire in 1847, and in Lord John Russell's first Administration was
one of the Secretaries to the Board of Control, being successively
appointed Under-Secretary for the Home Department, and Financia-
Secretary to the Treasury, retaining the last-named appointment
until Lord John Russell's downfall in 1852. In the General Election of
that year he lost his seat for Herefordshire, but, succeeding to the
Baronetcy early in 1855, he was returned without opposition for
Radnor, the representation of which had become vacant by the death
of his father. Lord Palmerston's first Administration was his great
opportunity. Succeeding Mr. Gladstone as Chancellor of the
Exchequer, he brought forward the Budget in three successive years
of exceptional difficulty, and a few days before the defeat of the
Ministry in February, 1858, made one of the best speeches of his
career in support of Lord Palmerston's motion for leave to introduce
a Bill for the better government of India. In Lord Palmerston's
second Administration, formed in June, 1859, Sir George was Home
Secretary and later Secretary of State for War, holding the latter
office from 1861 till his death in 1863.
A convincing estimate of the character of the 2nd Baronet is
afforded by Greville, who described him as " cold-blooded as a fish,
totally devoid of sensibility and nervousness, of an imperturbable
temper, cool and resolute, laborious and indefatigable, and exceed-
ingly popular in the House of Commons, from his general good
humour and civility, and the credit given him for honour, sincerity,
plain-dealing, and good intentions." This tribute adds force to
the well-known remark attributed to Sir George — " Life would be
tolerable but for its amusements."
Sir George died on April 13th, 1863, and in respect to his
memory the House of Commons adjourned the day afterwards. A
marble bust, by Weekes, was placed in the north transept of
Westminster Abbey, and monuments have been erected to his
memory in New Radnor and in front of the Shire Hall at Hereford,
also in the Parish Church at Old Radnor, where, in the family vault
beneath the Lady Chapel, his remains rest.
Sir George Cornewall Lewis was married in 1844 to Lady
Maria Theresa Villiers, sister of George William, 4th Earl of
Clarendon, and widow of Thomas Henry Lister, Esq., a lady of
high attainments in literature, who died in 1865. There was no
issue of the marriage, and the Baronetcy devolved upon Sir George's
only brother.
The Rev. Sir Gilbert Frankland Lewis, M.A., 3rd Bt.,
was a Canon of Worcester, and Rector of Monnington-on-Wye,
co. Hereford. Born on July 2ist, 1808, he married on August 3rd,
1843, Jane, eldest daughter, of Sir Edmund Antrobus, 2nd Bt.
The Rev. Baronet, who was much esteemed for the usefulness of
his life and the high principles by which he was always actuated,
died on December i8th, 1883, her Ladyship surviving him sixteen
years.
Sir Herbert, the present Baronet, is the only surviving son.
With a distinguished ancestry, and connected with several noble
and illustrious families, he worthily maintains the honour and
prestige of his House. He was born at Monnington-on-Wye, March
3ist, 1846, and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
He married on March 4th, 1889, Maria Louisa, widow of Colonel
G. F. Dallas, and eldest daughter of James Arthur Taylor, Esq., of
Strensham Court, co. Worcester. Sir Herbert is a Justice of the
Peace and Deputy-Lieutenant for Radnorshire, and in 1886 filled
the office of High Sheriff. He is Lord of the Manors of Old and
New Radnor. Taking a keen interest in the affairs of his district,
Sir Herbert is readily seconded by Lady Lewis in the promotion of
many good works. Sir Herbert's second sister is married to Sir
St. Vincent Alexander Hammick, Bt.
Harpton Court is a large mansion, beautifully situated in the
midst of well-wooded undulating country, an avenue of fine lime
trees constituting the main approach to the residence.
Sir Herbert is a Conservative and a member of Arthur's and
the Windham Clubs.
Sir €du)ara 3obn Webkp=Parrp=prpse)
Bt., 3.P., rcj.fi.
CHE Pryses of Gogerddan, co. Cardigan, have for several
centuries been one of the most eminent families of South
Wales, the Gogerddan estate having been in the possession
of the family certainly since the days of the celebrated
Rhydderchap levan Lloyd, a poet of the first rank, who was fifth
in descent from Cadivor ap Gwaethvoed, Lord of Cardigan. He
lived in the next age after Dafydd ap Gwilym.
In 1641 a Baronetcy was created in favour of Richard Pryse,
of Gogerthan, elder son of Sir John Pryse, Kt., of Gogerthan and
Plas Abernantbychan. The succession was maintained till 1695,
when on the death without issue of the fourth holder of the title
the Baronetcy expired.
The name of Sir Carbery Pryse, the 4th Baronet, is
associated with the remarkable development of mining in Cardigan-
shire that took place towards the close of the seventeenth century.
A large number of mines are stated to have been discovered on his
estate at Escairhir, the reputed value of which was so great that
they were called the " Welsh Potosi."
After Sir Carbery's death, the Gogerthan estates passed to
his kinsman, Thomas Pryse, Esq., who was Member of Parliament
for Cardigan in 1743. His only son dying issueless, his relative,
Lewis Pryse, Esq., succeeded to the Gogerthan estates. He was
a son of Walter Pryse, Esq., of Painswick, in Gloucestershire.
His daughter Margaret married Edward Loveden-Loveden, Esq.,
of Buscot, Berks, and it was the eldest son of this marriage who
succeeded to the estates of his maternal ancestors, and assumed
their surname. This gentleman, Pryse Pryse, Esq., had issue
by his (second) marriage with Jane, daughter of Peter Cavallier,
Esq., of Gisborough, Cleveland, co. York. His eldest son, Pryse
Loveden, Esq., of Gogerddan, was Member of Parliament for
Cardigan, and married in 1836 Margaretta Jane, second daughter
of Major Walter Rice, of Llwynybrain, Carmarthenshire, by whom
he had one son and two daughters.
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The son, who had taken by Royal Licence the surname and
arms of Pryse in lieu of Loveden, was created a Baronet in 1866.
Sir Pryse Pryse, Bt., J.P., D.L., of Gogerddan, served for some
years in the Royal Horse Guards, and married in 1859 Louisa
Joan, younger daughter of Captain John Lewes, of Llanlear, co.
Cardigan. His eldest son died without issue in 1900. On the
death of Sir Pryse Pryse on April 2oth, 1906, he was succeeded by
his eldest surviving son, the present Baronet.
Sir Edward, who was born at Gogerddan on July i6th, 1862,
has had a very active career. Educated at Wellington College and
Sandhurst, he obtained in 1881 a commission in the 4ist Regiment
(ist Battalion Welsh Regiment), and during the thirteen ensuing
years had a full share of active service, bearing arms in South
Africa, Egypt, and Malta. He has the Egyptian medal and clasp,
the Khedive's star, and the South African medal and two clasps.
He retired from the Welsh Regiment with the rank of Captain in
1893. He subsequently identified himself with the ist Volunteer
Battalion of his old Regiment.
.
On November igth, 1891, Sir (then Captain) Edward Pryse
married Nina Katherine Angharad, sole surviving daughter and
heiress of the late D. K. Webley-Parry, Esq., of Noyaddtrefawr,
co. Cardigan. He assumed by Royal Licence in 1892 the
additional surnames and arms of Webley-Parry.
Throughout his residence in Cardiganshire in recent years,
Sir Edward has won great popularity as a sportsman. He is one
of the best known hunting men of the shire, and has proved
exceedingly well equipped for the exacting duties of a Master of
Foxhounds. From 1899 to 1904 he hunted the Tivyside Hounds
with conspicuous success, while in 1906 he took over the Mastership
of the Gogerddan Hounds. On and off the field, he is a typical
English gentleman, admired for his personal qualities and broad
sympathies. Hunting is his favourite outdoor pursuit. He also
indulges in a good deal of shooting and appreciates the quieter
delights of fishing.
Sir Edward is a Justice of the Peace for the County, and
takes a useful part in public life, his services and support being
freely given to advance the general welfare of the shire. . Politically
he is an Independent, and, as a large landowner, takes a proper
interest in agricultural questions, being very popular amongst his
tenantry. His two Cardigan seats are Gogerddan and
Noyaddtrefawr.
Sir Ricbard Danscp 6rcen=pricc, Bt*f 3*P*
SIR Richard Dansey Green-Price, Bt., of The Grove, near
Presteigne, co. Radnor, has long been a popular figure in the
public life of the Counties of Radnor and Hereford, in the
affairs of which members of his family have rendered conspicuously
good public service. He is the 2nd Baronet of his line, and
succeeded his father in 1887. He was born on November i8th,
1838, and married on July 3oth, 1863, Clara Anne, only daughter
of the Rev. T. Powell, J.P., Rector of Dorstone, Herefordshire.
His great-uncle, the late Richard Price, Esq., of Knighton,
who was formerly the chief representative of the family, was
Member of Parliament for the Radnor Boroughs for forty-eight
years, and there is in the Shire Hall at Presteigne a handsome
portrait of this eminent County worthy. He was the elder son of
Richard Price, Esq., by his marriage with Mary, only daughter and
heiress of Charles Humphreys, Esq., of Pennant, co. Montgomery.
He died without issue in 1861, at the age of eighty-seven, and was
succeeded in the estates by his nephew Richard, the eldest surviving
son of his sister Margaret, who had married in 1799 George, son of
Jonathan Green, D.D., of Ashford Hall, co. Salop. This nephew
assumed by Royal Licence the additional surname of Price, and
was created a Baronet in 1874. His services to the County of
Radnor were notable. He was a Justice of the Peace and Deputy-
Lieutenant, served as High Sheriff in 1876, and in his seventy-
seventh year was chosen Member of Parliament for the County,
representing that constituency from 1880 to 1885, two years before
his death. He was twice married. By his first wife, Frances
Milborough, daughter of Dansey Richard Dansey, Esq., of Easton
Court, Herefordshire, he had one son (the present Baronet) and one
daughter. His second wife was Laura, daughter of Richard
Henry King, Esq., M.D., of Mortlake, Surrey, by whom he had four
sons and six daughters.
The present Baronet, whose estates are of considerable extent,
is a Justice of the Peace for Herefordshire and Radnorshire, and
apart from his magisterial duties, takes an active part in the affairs
of several County institutions and a sympathetic and practical
interest in the agricultural industry. Sir Richard and Lady Green-
Price have four sons and five daughters surviving. The heir to the
Baronetcy, Robert Henry Green-Price, Esq., married on November
24th, 1906, Lucile, eldest daughter of Frederick G. Potter, Esq., of
New York.
Sir Richard is a member of the Union Club.
OWEN H. P. SCOURFIELD, BT., J.P.
Sir Owen ficnrp Pbihpps Scout-field,
3.P., D.C.
CWO of the oldest and best known Pembrokeshire families
are represented in the person of ':ir Owen Henry Philipps
Scourfield, Bt., of The Mote and Wiliiamston. The pedigree
of the Scourfields is directly traced from Sir Fuik Scourrield,
who married Jane, daughter of Sir John Vere, Earl of Oxford, and
the family has been seated at The Mote from the time of Edward I.,
the property being a grant from that monarch. Great-grandfather
of the present Baronet was Henry Scourfield, Esq., who married in
1771, Elizabeth, daughter of the Right Rev. John Ewer, D.D., Lord
Bishop of Bangor. Of that marriage there were one son and two
daughters. Elizabeth, the elder daughter, married in 1804 Owen
Philipps, Esq., of Wiliiamston, Colonel of the Pembrokeshire Militia,
and it was a son by this marriage, John Henry Philipps, who in 1843
succeeded to the estates of his maternal uncle, William Henry
Scourfield, Esq., of The Mote and Robertson Hall, who, married to
a daughter of Col. Goote, of Brent Eiy Hall, Suffolk, died without
issue. His nephew assumed the surname and arms of Scourfield by
Royal Licence in 1862. As his uncle had done before him
he represented Haverfordwest in Parliament. Indeed, his political
association with the County extended over many years, as after
resenting Haverfordwest from 1852 to 1868, he sat as Member for
County of Pembroke from 1868 till his death in 1876. He
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OWEN H P. SCOURFIELD, BT., J.P.
Sir Own ficnrp Pbilipps Scourficld, Bt.,
3.P., D.C.
CWO of the oldest and best known Pembrokeshire families
are represented in the person of Sir Owen Henry Philipps
Scourfield, Bt., of The Mote and Williamston. The pedigree
of the Scourfields is directly traced from Sir Fulk Scourfield,
who married Jane, daughter of Sir John Vere, Earl of Oxford, and
the family has been seated at The Mote from the time of Edward I.,
the property being a grant from that monarch. Great-grandfather
of the present Baronet was Henry Scourfield, Esq., who married in
1771, Elizabeth, daughter of the Right Rev. John Ewer, D.D., Lord
Bishop of Bangor. Of that marriage there were, one son and two
daughters. Elizabeth, the elder daughter, married in 1804 Owen
Philipps, Esq., of Williamston, Colonel of the Pembrokeshire Militia,
and it was a son by this marriage, John Henry Philipps, who in 1843
succeeded to the estates of his maternal uncle, William Henry
Scourfield, Esq., of The Mote and Robertson Hall, who, married to
a daughter of Col. Goote, of Brent Ely Hall, Suffolk, died without
issue. His nephew assumed the surname and arms of Scourfield by
Royal Licence in 1862. As his uncle had done before him
he represented Haverfordwest in Parliament. Indeed, his political
association with the County extended over many years, as after
representing Haverfordwest from 1852 to 1868, he sat as Member for
the County of Pembroke from 1868 till his death in 1876. He
was also Lord Lieutenant of Haverfordwest. Created a Baronet in
February, 1876, he died in the following June, being succeeded by
his elder son, the present Baronet. Sir John Henry Scourfield, ist
Baronet, was married in 1845 to Augusta Lort, second daughter of
John Lort Philipps, Esq., of Lawrenny Park, co. Pembroke.
The present Baronet worthily maintains the traditions of his
House in regard to useful public service in the County, and although
he has not aspired to Parliamentary honours, he has rendered con-
spicuously good service in other equally practical directions, and has
an enviable reputation as a popular landlord. Born on October loth,
1847, he was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford, and has
seen considerable service with the Pembroke Yeomanry Cavalry, of
which Regiment he has since 1890 been the Honorary Colonel. He
is on the Commission of the Peace for the Counties of Pembroke,
Carmarthen, and Haverfordwest ; he served the County of
Pembroke in 1881 as High Sheriff, and is a Deputy-Lieutenant for
Haverfordwest. Sir Owen married, first, on March 6th, 1877,
Gertrude Katherine, only daughter of Seymour Philipps Allen, Esq.,
of Cresselly, co. Pembroke, by Lady Catherine Wallop, his wife,
sister of the 5th Earl of Portsmouth. His first wife died without
issue in 1894, an<^ Sir Owen married, secondly, on January,
2gth, 1896, Frances Katharina Harriet, daughter of the late
Rev. Josiah Turner Lea, of Orchardlea, Droitwich, Vicar of Far
Forest, Bewdley. He is Lord of the Manor of Newmoat and patron
of the living of that parish, where is situated The Mote, one of the
seats comprised in his extensive landed possessions. It is at their
other County seat — Williamston, in the parish of Burton — that Sir
Owen and Lady Scourfield reside, the mansion, surrounded by a
large park, being delightfully situated. Sir Owen Scourfield's only
brother, Captain John Arthur Philipps Scourfield, I2th Lancers,
died at Secunderabad, Madras, in 1878.
Sir Owen's principal Clubs are the Carlton, Boodle's, and
United University.
Sir Pcwlett CDarles 3oDn inilbank,
Bt., 3.P., D.C.
Cord-£tcutetiam or Radnorshire.
WITH his varied activities in many spheres of public and
private life it is not surprising that Sir Powlett Charles
John Milbank is known throughout Radnorshire and the
adjoining Counties as one who represents the highest ideal of a
country gentleman. In Radnorshire particularly he has
distinguished himself in several offices. Since 1895 ne has held
the position of Lord Lieutenant of the County, an office that is
without doubt the highest in point of dignity that any shire has to
offer. The choice in this instance was one that at once commended
itself to all sections of the community in the County, and the
manner in which Sir Powlett has discharged the manifold duties
connected with his official position has greatly enhanced his
reputation as a gentleman well qualified to take a leading part in
the public affairs of the County. In his official capacity also his
patronage is extended to many social and philanthropic functions
and institutions.
In the year that saw his appointment as Lord Lieutenant,
he was elected as Member of Parliament for Radnorshire, and for
five years had the unique experience of serving his County in that
dual capacity. A Conservative in politics, it may with justice be
said that the best interests of his constituents were always his
foremost concern. His five years' Parliamentary association with
the County certainly cemented the good-feeling existing between
Sir Powlett and the inhabitants of the County, political opponents
finding much to admire in the broadminded and always businesslike
attitude that characterised his political work. Sir Powlett is a
member of the Radnorshire County Council, and as a Magistrate
adjudicates in the Presteigne Petty Sessional Division. He is
Lord of the Manor of Norton, in which parish is situated his
principal seat, Norton Manor, and the living of the parish is in his
gift.
A patron of the principal English sports, Sir Powlett has for
many years been a keen follower of hounds, and has been eminently
successful in his Mastership of the Radnor and West Hereford
Hunt since 1902. His tact and sportsmanlike conduct in an office
that demands many fine qualities have won for him the confidence
and esteem of all followers of the Hunt, among whom his popularity
was speedily assured after his acceptance of the Mastership.
Sir Powlett, who was born at Edinburgh on May ist, 1852,
and educated at Eton, is the only surviving son of the late Sir
Frederick Acclom Milbank, D.L., by the latter's marriage with
Alexina Harriet Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Alexander Don, Bt. Sir
Frederick, who held a commission in the 7Qth Highlanders,
represented North Yorkshire in Parliament for twenty years. He
was created a Baronet in 1882, three years before his retirement
from active political life. The Milbank family is a branch of that
from which the Milbankes, Baronets of Halnaby, co. York, are
also descended, an ancestor of both families being Ralph Milbancks,
Cup Bearer to Queen Mary of Scotland, who is stated to have
sought an asylum in England in consequence of a duel in which
he had been engaged in his native country.
Ancestor of Sir Powlett was John Milbank, of Thorp Perrow,
fourth son of Sir Mark Milbanke, ist Baronet of Halnaby. He
died in 1713. The grandfather of the present Baronet was Mark
Milbank, Esq., of Thorp Perrow and Barningham Park, Yorkshire,
who was High Sheriff of that County in the year that the late
Queen Victoria ascended the throne, and he was also Member of
Parliament for Camelford. He married in 1817 Lady Augusta
Henrietta Vane, second daughter of the ist Duke of Cleveland,
and it was their second son who was created the ist Baronet of
Well, co. York, and Hart, co. Durham.
Sir Powlett succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet in 1898.
He married, June 3rd, 1875, Edith, daughter of Sir Richard Green-
Price, Bt, and has issue one son and three daughters. His son,
Frederick Richard Powlett Milbank, Esq., married in 1904, Harriet
Anne Dorothy, eldest daughter of the late Colonel John Gerald
Wilson, C.B., of Cliffe Hall, Yorkshire. Sir Powlett's Yorkshire
seat is Barningham Park, Barnard Castle. He is a Deputy-
Lieutenant for Yorkshire.
His principal Clubs are the Carlton and the Bachelors'.
Sir Charles €du)ard Gregg Pbillpps,
Bt., 3.P.
Cord- Cicutcn ant or fiaucrfordiocst.
SIR Charles Edward Gregg Philipps, Bt., J.P., of Picton Castle,
co. Pembroke, represents one of the great families of Wales,
whose power and prestige have extended over several
centuries. The present Baronet is the eldest son of the late
Edward Fisher, Esq., of Springdale, Yorkshire, by his marriage
with Jane, daughter of Dominick Gregg, of Lisburn, co. Antrim,
and Coleraine, co. Londonderry. He married on June 25th, 1868,
Mary Philippa, eldest daughter and co-heir of the Rev. James
Henry Alexander Philipps, of Picton Castle, and niece of the late
Baron Milford. In compliance with the testamentary injunction
of his father-in-law, who died on December 3rd, 1875, he assumed
by Royal Licence in July, 1876, the surname of Philipps in lieu of
that of Fisher. He was created a Baronet in 1887.
With the public life of Pembrokeshire Sir Charles has been
intimately acquainted for over thirty years. Enthusiastically
devoted to the best interests of the County, he has proved a worthy
successor in every respect to the notable members of the Philipps
family who have preceded him at the historic Picton Castle, and
the record of his public services is one which has placed the people
of the County still more under obligations to an honoured House.
Born on October 6th, 1840, he was educated at Cheltenham and
afterwards entered as a student at the Middle Temple, where he
was called to the Bar in 1868.
While the services of Sir Charles Philipps have materially
benefited many County institutions, the town of Haverfordwest has
reason to be peculiarly grateful for his interest in its affairs. In a
town which has enjoyed special privileges from ancient times, he
adds dignity to its civic life, and has never neglected to take a very
practical interest in the business and corporate life of the
community. One unique privilege enjoyed by Haverfordwest is
that it has its own Lord Lieutenant and Gustos Rotulorum, being
the only town in Great Britain to be so favoured. This concession
was obtained by a grant from the Crown when the County ot
Pembroke was a Palatinate. Since 1876 Sir Charles has held this
high office, and in that capacity, and also as an Alderman and
Mayor of the Borough, he has rendered liberal and much-valued
service to the town. He has held the Mayoralty three years
(1897-98-99), and is one of the Magistrates for the town and county
of Haverfordwest, which has its own Commission of the Peace and
a separate Court of Quarter Sessions. Sir Charles is also a Justice
of the Peace for the Counties of Pembroke and Carmarthen, and
was High Sheriff of the former in 1882.
For many years a member of the Pembrokeshire County
Council, representing the Slebech and Martletwy Division, he was
Chairman of that body from 1898 to 1903, and he is also Chairman
of the Milford Haven Sea Fishery Board. For many years he has
been one of the keenest supporters of the Volunteers and Yeomanry
in the County. As Lieutenant-Colonel of the Pembroke Yeomanry
his command covered the period during the South African War
when the auxiliary forces so nobly responded to the call for
volunteers. In connection with his own Regiment Sir Charles took
a deep interest in the raising of the 3Oth Company Imperial
Yeomanry for active service. A member of the Church of England,
he is one of the representatives of St. David's Diocese in the
House of Laymen for the Province of Canterbury. Interested
generally in rural pursuits, he is a keen sportsman, and has some
excellent shooting on his estate. He is President of the Tenby
Golf Club.
Both Sir Charles Philipps and the family now represented by
the Rev. Sir James Erasmus Philipps, I2th Baronet of Picton,
whose seat is The Close, Salisbury, have a common origin. An
early ancestor, who died in 1084, was Cadifor ap Colhom, Lord of
Dyvett, who was of the same tribe as Vortigern, King of Britain,
paternally descended from Maximus, King of Britain and Emperor
of Rome. His grandson, Rees ap Bledri, Lord of Kylsant, was
the last Prince of Wales of the Brittaines. Overpowered by the
English he acknowledged loyalty to their King and was made Lord
Justice of South Wales. Sir Aaron ap Rees, his son, attended
Richard Co2ur de Lion into the Holy Land, his gallantry against
the Saracens being rewarded with the Order of Knighthood of the
Sepulchre of our Saviour. " To denote his magnanimity in that
war " he was given armour by the King, while for the favours he
received of Richard, he added the crown and chain to his arms as
a token that he bound himself and his posterity for ever to the
King and Crown of England.
A direct descendant of this celebrated soldier of the
Cross was Sir Thomas Philips, Kt, who married the daughter and
co-heiress of Henry Donne, of Picton Castle, whose ancestor,
Sir John Wogan, married the daughter and heiress of Sir William
Picton, Kt., the lalter's ancestor having come to Dyvett with
Arnulph de Montgomery (first conqueror of Dyvett), and had the
manor and castle of Picton for his portion. A great-grandson of Sir
Thomas Philips was Sir John Philips, ist Baronet of Picton
Castle, the creation dating from 1621. The title descended in the
direct male line until 1823, when the 7th Baronet died without
issue, and the Baronetcy devolved upon his kinsman, Sir Rowland
Henry Philipps-Laugharne-Philipps, a descendant of the younger son
of the ist Baronet.
Sir Richard Philipps, the 7th Baronet previously referred
to, was created Lord Milford in 1766, but that dignity expired on
his death. By his will, Picton Castle and his estates devolved upon
his cousin and heir-at-law, Richard Bulkeley Philipps Grant, who
was created a Baronet in 1828 and a Peer of the United Kingdom by
the title of Baron Milford of Picton Castle in 1847. On succeeding
to the estates in 1823 he had assumed the surname and arms of
Philipps. Maternally, Baron Milford was descended from Bulkeley,
third son of Sir John Philipps, 4th Baronet. His lordship, who
was Member of Parliament for Haverfordwest for many years, was
twice married, but leaving no issue at his death in 1857, his title
became extinct, and his estates devolved upon his half-brother, the
Rev. James Henry Alexander Philipps (formerly Gwyther), Vicar of
St. Mary's, Haverfordwest. The reverend gentleman married in
1844 Mary Katherine, daughter of William Wolrych Lea, Esq., of
Ludstone, Salop. He died in 1875, leaving two daughters, of whom
Lady Philipps, wife of the present Baronet, is the elder.
The political annals of Pembrokeshire afford striking
testimony to the services rendered by members of the Philipps
family, who in almost every decade have had a representative
in Parliament. As far back as 1559 William Philips, of Picton
Castle, was Member for the County, which in later years had
representatives in the persons of the ist, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and
7th Baronets. The 5th Baronet was Member for Haverfordwest,
while his immediate successor represented several constituencies
at different times, and was for two years Lord Commissioner of the
Board of Trade and Plantations. The late Baron Milford,
uncle of Lady Philipps, of Picton Castle, represented Haverfordwest
for about twenty years, and the subject of this sketch has himself
been identified for many years with the Conservative Party,
rendering the cause valuable and energetic service. At the
elections of 1880, 1885, 1886, and 1892 he was the nominee of
his Party for the County.
Picton Castle is one of the few Norman Castles which " have
never been forfeited, never deserted, never burnt." Erected
by William Picton, a Norman Knight, in the reign of William
Rufus, it has withstood siege and assault, and its occupation has been
uninterrupted, although in the Civil Wars, when it was garrisoned on
behalf of Charles I. by Sir Richard Philips, 2nd Baronet, it had
ultimately to surrender to the Parliamentary forces. The building
is oblong, with three large bastions projecting on each side, while at
the east end two smaller bastions commanded the gateway
with double portcullis. The main portion of the Castle is
the original structure, and on the west side there have been
some modern additions. The Castle, which is surrounded by
ancestral woods and beautiful and extensive grounds, is approached by
a drive about two miles long.
Sir Charles and Lady Philipps are patrons of the living of
St. Mary, Haverfordwest. In that Church there are numerous
monuments to the Philipps family of Picton Castle, while the
stained east window is to the memory of Lady Philipps's father,
the late Rev. J. H. A. Philipps, for many years Vicar of the parish.
Sir Charles is Lord of the Manor of Picton and his estates extend
over about twenty-three thousand acres. In the welfare of the
tenantry both Sir Charles and Lady Philipps take a lively and
practical interest, and they are held in very genuine esteem. They
have two sons and four daughters.
Sir Charles Philipps is a member of the Carlton, Junior
Carlton, Junior United Service, and Cavalry Clubs.
Sir William CDomas Ceu>ist Bt, 3«
CO say that Sir William Thomas Lewis, Bt., of The Mardy,
Aberdare, is a prominent leader in the industrial life of
South Wales is to afford little indication of the immense
influence he has exercised upon the commercial development of a
large portion of the Principality. A gentleman of exceptional
business ability, he has by sheer merit and the force of personal
character won a foremost place among the great captains of
industry, and the great power that he wields to-day in the busy
industrial life of South Wales is directed with that regard for all
concerned that marks not only the successful capitalist but the
public benefactor.
As one of the largest employers of labour in connection with
the collieries and manufactories of South Wales, Sir William
occupies, of course, a position in which he has had great scope for
the exercise of enterprise. Both in business and public life he has
proved himself a gentleman whose capacity for directing the success
of vast concerns as well as for guiding affairs with shrewdness and
foresight has gained for him the highest confidence of all with
whom he has been connected. Tireless energy is another factor in
a striking personality whose influence has left its mark in so many
varied spheres of activity. Sir William is, indeed, a man of whom
his countrymen are deservedly proud, and the honours conferred
upon him have never failed to give the greatest satisfaction
throughout his extensive sphere of influence.
In all matters affecting mining, engineering, and labour
generally, Sir William is an accepted authority. Few men of his
time have given such valuable service in furthering the interests of
all concerned in any particular industry. In the coal trade, Sir
William is known as the founder, and for many years Chairman, of
the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Association, of the
South Wales Sliding Scale Committee (of which he was Chairman
for eighteen years), and of the South Wales Miners' Provident
Fund. In these matters alone, Sir William Lewis's work has
effected valuable results in the organisation of a great industry,
and in the welfare of thousands of workers who are wholly depen-
dent upon its prosperity. It would, indeed, be difficult to conceive
of any subject affecting the industries in which he is interested that
has not claimed the closest attention of Sir William, whose
sympathies are as broad as his operations are extensive. A
member of the Council of Mining Engineers and a Fellow of the
Geological Society, he has at different times held the Presidency of
such important bodies as the South Wales Institute of Engineers,
the Mining Association of Great Britain, and the Institute of
Mining Engineers, while he has also been Vice-President of the
Iron and Steel Institute. He is Chairman of the Monmouthshire
and South Wales Board of Examination for Mining Certificates,
and a member of the Council of the Institution of Mechanical
Engineers. He has served on a considerable number of Royal
Commissions on mining and labour questions, including those
dealing with Coal Supplies, Trade Disputes, and Trade Combina-
tions, and was a member of the British Commission of the Paris
Exhibitions of 1878 andjgo}.
Such are a few, but by no means an exhaustive list, of the
duties worthily undertaken by a distinguished Baronet, whose name
is assured of a permanent place in the annals of Welsh industrial
life. He was knighted in 1885, and created a Baronet on February
1 5th, 1896. He is on the Commission of the Peace for the Counties
of Glamorgan, Pembroke, Brecon, and Mon mouth ; is a Deputy-
Lieutenant for Glamorganshire, and served Breconshire as High
Sheriff in 1884.
Sir William is the eldest son of the late Thomas William
Lewis, Esq., of Abercanaid House, Merthyr Tydfil, by his marriage
with Mary Anne, daughter of Watkin John, Esq. Born at Merthyr
Tydfil on August 5th, 1837, Sir William was brought up amid
scenes which gave him an early inclination to commercial life, and
once embarked in his profession he advanced with that well-
directed industry and signal ability which have characterised his
notable career. He married on March ist, 1864, Anne, eldest
daughter of William Rees, Esq., of Llettyshenkin, Glamorgan, and
by that lady, who died in 1902, has two sons and six daughters,
the heir to the Baronetcy being Herbert Clark Lewis, Esq., of Hean
Castle, Pembrokeshire, who married in 1899 Elizabeth Anna, elder
daughter of the late Major-General Richard Short Couchman,
Madras S.C.
Sir William's principal seat is The Mardy, Aberdare, and
his principal Clubs are the Carlton, Oriental, and Constitutional.
He is a strong Conservative and unsuccessfully contested Merthyr
Tydfil in ;88o. He was a member of the Tariff Commission
appointed in 1904.
SIR CLIFFORD CORY, BT., M.P. J.P,
Sir Clifford Jobii Corp, Bt.. n?.p., 3.p.
SIR Clifford John Cory, Bt., M.P., j.l , o-.upies an un.i.rae
position in Glamorganshire, as one of the foremost inc'v.striiil
political, and social leaders of a County whose: commercial pro-
gress is inseparably associated with the country's prosperity.
It is not easy, perhaps, to grasp the full significance of
the fact that the great firm of Messrs. Cory Bros. & Co., Ltd., have
for many years directed the largest coal-exporting business in the
world, but all who have some acquaintance with the circumstances
realise the immense importance of the undertaking to thousands
wholly dependent upon the gigantic and well-directed enterprise in
which Sir Clifford Cory is a leading figure and a strong and resolute
personality withal. His great popularity wbtrever the varied
interests of his active life may take him is as sincere as it ih
^well-deserved, and he enjojs in a marked degree the widespread
esteem associated for several generations with an honoured and
influential name.
Sir Clifford was born at Cardiff on April ioth, 1859, being
the second son of John Cor}', Esq., J.P., D.L., of The Duffryn, co.
Glamorgan, by his marriage with Anna Maria, daughter of the late
John Beynon, Esq., of Newport, Monmouthshire. Educated privately,
he also travelled extensively on the Continent. He was still
.M-OKD CORY, BT., M.P. J.P.
Sir Clifford JoDn Corp, Bt., m.p., 3.P.
SXKS
$IR Clifford John Cory, Bt., M.P., J.P., occupies an unique
position in Glamorganshire as one of the foremost industrial
political, and social leaders of a County whose commercial pro-
gress is inseparably associated with the country's prosperity.
It is not easy, perhaps, to grasp the full significance of
the fact that the great firm of Messrs. Cory Bros. & Co., Ltd., have
for many years directed the largest coal-exporting business in the
world, but all who have some acquaintance with the circumstances
realise the immense importance of the undertaking to thousands
wholly dependent upon the gigantic and well-directed enterprise in
which Sir Clifford Cory is a leading figure and a strong and resolute
personality withal. His great popularity wherever the varied
interests of his active life may take him is as sincere as it is
well-deserved, and he enjoys in a marked degree the widespread
esteem associated for several generations with an honoured and
influential name.
Sir Clifford was born at Cardiff on April loth, 1859, being
the second son of John Cory, Esq., J.P., D.L., of The Duffryn, co.
Glamorgan, by his marriage with Anna Maria, daughter of the late
John Beynon, Esq., of Newport, Monmouthshire. Educated privately,
he also travelled extensively on the Continent. He was still
in his teens when he joined the firm with which he has since
been identified. He married on January 25th, 1893, Jane Ann
Gordon, younger daughter of the late Albert Arthur Erin
Lethbridge, Esq.
The history of the Cory family is extremely interesting, and
there is a suggestion almost of romance in the rise of the vast com-
mercial undertaking founded by its members.
In the reign of King John, Sir Walter de Cory married the
eventual co-heiress of the Livingtons of Cumberland, and upon
the arms of the latter family were founded those of the Corys
of Livington in Cumberland and afterwards of Cory in
Devonshire.
The late Richard Cory, Esq., grandfather of Sir Clifford,
founded the present business under the style of " Richard Cory &
Sons." A man of enterprise and foresight, and desiring wider scope
for his energy, he had crossed the Channel and settled in Cardiff.
The town with which the fortunes of the family have been so closely
identified, was then a comparatively small town on the Taff, but it
was already showing signs of the remarkable development which has
made it the largest coal-exporting port in the Kingdom, and,
as regards tonnage cleared, the third largest port in the country.
The business soon made substantial progress, and later John Cory,
Esq., the eldest son of the founder, and father of Sir Clifford, forged
ahead with his partners in many directions and firmly established
the foundations of an enterprise which in its own sphere is unrivalled
in its extent.
After his Continental travels, Sir Clifford Cory adopted
a business career, and entered the London Office of the firm, where
he early showed marked aptitude in commercial life. It is recorded
of him that when only nineteen years of age he was sent to
investigate the mismanagement of one of the foreign coal depots of
Messrs. Cory, and after ascertaining the true state of affairs,
he dismissed the manager and set the machinery of the depot
in proper order, The London branch was under his entire control
before he was twenty-five years of age, and both there and at Cardiff
he has given many evidences of his business acumen and his
exceptional qualities as a director and organiser, while he
has shown particularly successful initiative in the extension
of the Company's operations by the opening of new foreign
stations.
In all that concerns the various branches of the coal trade,
Sir Clifford takes an active interest. He was formerly a member of
the now defunct Sliding Scale Committee, and is now a member of
the Conciliation Board of Monmouthshire and South Wales. In
1905 he was President of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal
Owners' Association, while his interest in all that affects the
industrial life of Cardiff was fittingly recognised in 1907, when
he was elected President of the Cardiff Incorporated Chamber
of Commerce. Indeed, in the general public life of South Wales and
Monmouthshire he has for many years been a prominent figure. He
represents the Ystrad Electoral Division on the Glamorganshire
County Council, of which body he has been a member since
1892; and he is on the Commission of the Peace for Glamorganshire
and Monmouthshire. The latter County he served as High Sheriffin
1905. As an educationist he has rendered useful service as a member
of the Court of Governors of the University College of South Wales
and Monmouthshire.
As a politician Sir Clifford Cory has rendered the Liberal
Party conspicuous service. He is Chairman of the Cardiff Liberal
Association, and has engaged in a good deal of active campaigning
which, to the delight of his many friends, has resulted in his gaining
a seat in the House of Commons. Although he made a keen fight,
he experienced defeat in South Monmouthshire in 1895, and in the
Tonbridge Division of Kent in 1900. At the General Election
of 1906 he was the nominee of the Liberal Party in the Western or
St. Ives Division of Cornwall and won handsomely.
Agriculture and stock-breeding represent interests in which
Sir Clifford's services have been both of a practical and valuable
kind. His herd of pedigree Kerry cattle at Llantarnam Abbey
is unquestionably one of the finest in the country, as has frequently
been attested at the Royal and other leading shows ; while
he is also a breeder of pedigree Lincoln Longwool sheep and
of pedigree Berkshire pigs. An accomplished player of polo,
Sir Clifford numbers that interesting sport among his recreations,
and he is also a popular and expert four-in-hand whip, hunt-
ing and shooting being among the other sports which he
favours. He was formerly Captain in the 3rd Welsh (Militia)
Regiment.
A man of vigorous personality, and one who has proved the
sterling worth of his character in an honourable record of public
service, Sir Clifford Cory has worthily attained to a position
of eminence, and the Baronetcy conferred upon him on the
King's Birthday, 1907, gave widespread satisfaction as a signal
mark of favour for one whose many attainments and personal
charm have gained for him a host of friends. Like his father,
whose philanthropy is proverbial, Sir Clifford Cory is a man of
broad sympathies, ever ready to give substantial and timely
assistance to a deserving cause. Two instances at once suggest
themselves. At his own expense he built a library and institute
at Gelli and presented it to his Company's workmen, and he
fitted out and opened a similar institution at Pentre, Rhondda.
Llantarnam Abbey, which was bought by Sir Clifford Cory in
1895, is a magnificent and picturesque seat. It was formerly
the site of a Cistercian Monastry, established about 1170, and the
present mansion is a Tudor Gothic structure, restored in 1637
and again in 1836, when nearly ^70,000 was spent upon its
renovation.
Sir Clifford Cory is a member of the Isthmian, Devonshire,
National, National Liberal, and New Clubs.
H. DAVIES-EVANS, ESQ.,
Lord-Lieutenant of Cardiganshire.
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BERBERT Davies-Evans, Esq., of Highmcr-d, Llanby'.her. who
has been Lord Lieutenant ot Cardiganshire since iSS-S, is the
only son of the late Captain Delrne Seymour Davies (S^ots
Guards), of Penlan, co. Carmarthen, by his maniage with Mnrv
Anne Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Watkin Evans, R.X., of
Highraead, and Dolgadfan, co. Montgomery.
His paternal grandfather was William G-] tilth IXivies, Esq.,
of Penlan, Carmarthenshire, who. married Elizabeth, daughtei of
Lord Robert Seymour, M.P., and grand-daughter of the ist
Marquess of Hertford. He died in 1814, and three years later his
widow married Major Herbert Evans, of Highmead, son of Herbert
Evans, Esq., of Highmead. .
Born on February igth, 1842. he. entered the Royal Navy
when twelve years of age, but transferred to the sister service in
1860, when he joined the loth Hussars. He filled the office of High
Sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1870, and is a Magistrate of long
standing in that County and Carmarthen. He married on Septem-
ber 1 5th, 1869, Mary Eleanor Margaret Geraldine, eldest daughter
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BERBERT Davies-Evans, Esq., of Highmead, Llanbyther, who
has been Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire since 1888, is the
only son of the late Captain Delme Seymour Davies (Scots
Guards), of Penlan, co. Carmarthen, by his marriage with Mary
Anne Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Watkin Evans, R.N., of
Highmead, and Dolgadfan, co. Montgomery.
His paternal grandfather was William Griffith Davies, Esq.,
of Penlan, Carmarthenshire, who married Elizabeth, daughter of
Lord Robert Seymour, M.P., and grand-daughter of the ist
Marquess of Hertford. He died in 1814, and three years later his
widow married Major Herbert Evans, of Highmead, son of Herbert
Evans, Esq., of Highmead.
Born on February igth, 1842, he entered the Royal Navy
when twelve years of age, but transferred to the sister service in
1860, when he joined the loth Hussars. He filled the office of High
Sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1870, and is a Magistrate of long
standing in that County and Carmarthen. He married on Septem-
ber 1 5th, 1869, Mary Eleanor Margaret Geraldine, eldest daughter
of the late David Jones, Esq., M.P. for Carmarthenshire, and has
three sons and one daughter. Mrs. Davies-Evans's mother was the
eldest daughter of Sir George Campbell, of Edenwood, and niece
of Lord Campbell, Lord Chief Justice.
Apart from his participation in public business, Mr. Davies-
Evans devotes much time to personally superintending affairs
connected with his estate, and is known to take a very practical
interest in the welfare of his tenantry. He is a devoted patron of
music, and, interested generally in all forms of art, occupies some of
his leisure with sketching.
Mr. Davies-Evans's town residence is 20, Eaton Square, S.W.
Cadp
£ADY Jones-Brydges, of Boultibrook, Presteign, co. Radnor, is a
daughter of the late Captain John Maberly, R.N. She
married on October loth, 1850, Sir Harford James Jones-
Brydges, 2nd Bt, who had succeeded his father in the Baronetcy
in 1847, and who died without issue in 1891, when the Baronetcy
became extinct.
The ist Baronet, Sir Harford Jones-Brydges, who was raised
to that dignity in 1807, was a distinguished diplomatist and
author. He was born in 1764, being a son of Harford Jones,
Esq., of Presteign, and Winifred, his wife, daughter of Richard
Hooper, Esq., of Whittern, co. Hereford. In early life he entered
the service of the East India Company and acquired great
proficiency in Oriental languages, an accomplishment which led
to his appointment in 1807 as Ambassador to the Court of Persia,
There he remained four years. His warm interest in the welfare of
the Persians and the natives of India lasted throughout his life,
and he was the author of several important works on Oriental
subjects. As a Whig he took an active part in the political affairs
of Radnorshire, and founded a political association known as the
Grey Coat Club. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1841. He
was married to Sarah, daughter of Sir Henry Gott, of Newland
Park, Bucks, and widow of Robert Whitcomb, Esq. He died in
1847, leaving one son and two daughters.
The 2nd Baronet, the late Sir Harford James Jones-Brydges,
who was born in 1808, took for many years an active part in the
affairs of Radnorshire, which County he served as High Sheriff in
1852. He died in 1891.
By reason of her long residence in the County and her many
acts of benevolence, Lady Jones-Brydges is one of the best known
ladies in Radnorshire. Boultibrook, her home, is a large mansion
in the Elizabethan style, and it ranks among the most picturesque
seats in the County, the grounds surrounding it being extensive
and very beautiful.
The additional surname and arms of Brydges were assumed
by the ist Baronet in 1826 in commemoration of his descent,
through his maternal grandmother, from the family of Brydges of
Old Colwall, co. Hereford.
ADMIRAL SIR ALGERNON MCLENNAN LYONS,
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DMIRAL Sir Algernon McLennan Lyons, G.C.B., of
Kilvrough, near Swansea, bears a name held in high honour
in naval circles, and one that is respected wherever the
fine traditions of the British Navy are cherished. He belongs,
indeed, to a family that has contributed many sons to one or other
of the great services of the State. He is a son of the late
Lieutenant-General Humphrey Lyons, and a nephew of the famous
Lord Lyons, better known as Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, who
played a conspicuous part in the Crimean War as Commander-
in-Chief of the Black Sea Fleet. Vice-Admiral John Lyons,
another of Sir Algernon's uncles, was for many years in the service
of the Egyptian Government, and others of the family have worthily
borne their part in the service of their country.
It was therefore quite in keeping with the traditions of the
family that the subject of this sketch should have entered upon a
naval career, and he has made the circumstance still more notable
by rising to high rank in his profession, retiring in 1903 after more
than fifty years of able and distinguished service. He was born
on August 23rd, 1833, and entered the Royal Navy in 1847. His
first noteworthy experience was in the Black Sea during the
Russian War in 1854-55, when he served as Flag-Lieutenant to
his famous uncle, Sir Edmund Lyons. He was mentioned in
despatches, and has the Crimean and Turkish medals, Fifth Class
Medjidieh, and the Sebastopol clasp. He was made a Commander
in 1858, Captain in 1862, and from 1875 to 1878 was Aide-de-Camp
to Queen Victoria and Commodore in the West Indies, while in
the latter year he was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral. As
such he was in 1881 appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific,
and at the conclusion of three years' service was made a Vice-
Admiral, being transferred to the command of the North America
and West Indies Station in 1885, retaining that position till 1888,
when he was made an Admiral. From 1893 to 1896 he was
Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth, and acted as Principal Naval
Aide-de-Camp to her late Majesty Queen Victoria from 1895 to
1897, in which latter year he became an Admiral of the Fleet.
The varied and distinguished career of Admiral Sir Edmund
Lyons, G.C.B., ist Lord Lyons, was, of course, most notable for
his splendid service in the Crimean War. A son of John Lyons,
Esq., he was born at Burton House, near Christchurch, Hants, in
1790, and at an early age went to sea with Admiral Sir Richard
Hussey Bickerton, an intimate friend of his father. He took a
distinguished part in several stirring engagements, and was
knighted in 1835. For fourteen years he was Minister
Plenipotentiary and Ambassador Extraordinary at the Court of
Athens, and was afterwards Ambassador to the Swiss Cantons and
the Court at Stockholm, but on the breaking out of the Russian
War, he was appointed Second-in-Command under Admiral Sir
J. W. Deans-Dundas, on whose resignation he was appointed
Commander-in-Chief of the Black Sea Fleet. For his brilliant
services in that capacity he received an enthusiastic welcome on
his return to England, the thanks of both Houses of Parliament,
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and the Freedom of the City of London. He was raised to the
peerage in 1856. His youngest daughter married Henry Granville,
I4th Duke of Norfolk, and it was while on a visit to Arundel
Castle that Lord Lyons died. His younger son, who commanded
the Miranda in the Black Sea, was mortally wounded in the night
attack on the sea defences of Sebastopol. The elder son, who
had a distinguished diplomatic career, died unmarried in 1887,
when the title became extinct,
Admiral Sir Algernon Lyons married in September, 1879,
Louisa Jane, elder daughter of the late Thomas Penrice, Esq.,
J.P., D.L., of Kilvrough, co. Glamorgan, by his marriage with
Louisa, second daughter of the Rev. George Ernest Little, of
Newbold Pacey, co. Warwick. The only surviving daughter,
Lady Lyons, succeeded to her father's estates on his death, which
took place on December 2Qth, 1897.
The Penrices of Kilvrough are descended from an ancient
family of that name located for many generations at Crowle,
co. Worcester. Penrice Castle, in the Lordship of Gower,
co. Glamorgan, was the seat of the eldest branch of the family,
but through the marriage of Isabella Penrice in 1420 the manor
and castle passed into the family of Mansel of Margam. What
remains of the old castle is now an ivy-covered ruin.
As the residuary legatee of John Howe, last Lord
Chadworth, Thomas Penrice, of Yarmouth, co. Norfolk, succeeded
to his Lordship's estates in Gloucester and Wiltshire, but these he
sold in 1810, six years before his death. Thomas, his second son,
who was an officer in the i6th Lancers, and served in all the
Peninsular Campaigns under the Duke of Wellington, purchased
the Kilvrough and other estates in Glamorganshire in 1820. There
is in the chancel of St. Mary's Church, Pennard, a marble
monument to his memory. Dying without issue, he was succeeded
in 1846 by his nephew, Lady Lyons's father. The late Thomas
Penrice, Esq., who was High Sheriff of the County in 1867, was
the second son of John Penrice, Esq., of Great Yarmouth and
Witton House, Norfolk, by his marriage with Maria Catherine,
eldest daughter of Herbert Newton Jarrett, Esq., of Bromley
Lodge, Essex, and Orange Valley, Jamaica.
Kilvrough is situated amidst beautiful scenery in the parish
of Pennard. The living of the parish is in the gift of Lady Lyons,
who is Lady of the Manor, and whose active interest in all that
concerns the welfare of those on her estates has won for her the
greatest esteem. Admiral Lyons interests himself in the general
life of the district, and as Chairman of the Bench oi Magistrates
for the Gower Petty Sessional Division, devotes much of his time
to magisterial duties. He is also a Deputy-Lieutenant of the
County.
Admiral Sir Algernon and Lady Lyons have two sons and
two daughters. The Admiral's principal London Clubs are the
Army and Navy and the United Service.
[The lamented death of Admiral Sir Algernon McLennan
Lyons has been announced since this Work was first sent to press]
Sir Griffith Cfeomas, J.p.
*7MS Chairman of the Swansea Harbour Trust, Sir Griffith
Thomas, of Court Herbert, Neath, is one of the most influential
figures in the commercial life of Swansea, an industrial centre
in behalf of which he has for many years rendered singularly
zealous public service. By virtue of conspicuous ability in
controlling the fortunes of vast commercial undertakings, he
contributes in no small degree to the increasing prosperity of the
famous port on the Tawe, while in the general administration of the
town his efforts in the interests of corporate welfare have been
equally strenuous and have called forth from a thriving community
the warmest expressions of gratitude and appreciation. Thrice he
has held the Mayoralty of Swansea, occupying the civic chair to the
great advantage of the community during three successive years —
1901-04. His concluding year of office was marked by his advance-
ment to a knighthood, an honour which created widespread satis-
faction in Glamorganshire.
Sir Griffith Thomas is one of the Proprietary Trustees of the
Swansea Harbour Trust, and succeeded Lord Glantawe as Chairman
in 1898. In this position he has worthily succeeded many eminent
Welshmen, and with the continuous growth of the enormous business
under the jurisdiction of the Trust, has directed affairs with great
resource and ability and with consistent high purpose. Although
its greatest development has been witnessed during the last half
century, the port of Swansea was of some note long before the modern
enterprise was initiated that has led to its rapid rise in maritime
importance. In documents dated 1709, which are in the possession
of H.M. Customs, the limits of the port of Swansea are fully defined,
while the first Harbour Act, passed in the reign of George III., makes
reference to the " Old Swansea Harbour Trustees " as a then
existing body.
Sir Griffith Thomas, who was born on November 24th, 1847,
is a son of the late John Thomas, Esq., of Court Herbert, Neath.
He was educated at Swansea Grammar School, Cheltenham College,
and King's College, London. He is on the Commission of the Peace
for Glamorganshire, of which County he was High Sheriff in 1901, and
he is also a Magistrate for the Borough of Swansea. He has
considerable interests as a colliery proprietor.
COLONEL JAMKS R. PARKINSON, J.P.
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Robert Parkinson, J.P., of Glangrwyney Court, Crickhowell,
is not yet contemplating complete retirement to his country
home in Breconshire. Nevertheless, he is already well-known in
social and public circles in the County, and represents a family
which enjoys wide popularity and has many ties with the County.
A son of the late Captain C. A. Parkinson, J.P., D.L., of the
37th Regiment, Colonel Parkinson entertained military ambitions
from his earliest days. He was born at Glangrwyney in 1858, and
was educated at Cheltenham College. Afterwards joining the
Army, he made that career the business of his life, applying himself
strenuously to his calling. At a comparatively early age, he found
himself Lieutenant- Colonel commanding the ist Hampshire Regi-
ment, and after holding that appointment for four years, he was in
1903 appointed to the command of the 37th Regimental District at
Winchester. As a commanding officer, Colonel Parkinson displays
both firmness and tact, and his sound judgment, knowledge of
military organisation, and proved skill as a tactician are other
factors in the success that has attended his career.
Colonel Parkinson's politics are necessarily coloured by the
varied experiences of his military career. A man of broad views
and liberal sympathies, his service in the Army has tended to widen
his outlook on the country's affairs, and he may be termed as an
Imperialist in the highest and best sense of that word.
Colonel Parkinson married in 1905 Constance Mary, younger
daughter of the late Colonel A. G. Daubeny, of the yth Fusiliers.
He has been on the Commission of the Peace for Breconshire since
1895. He is interested generally in farming and all English sports,
fishing being perhaps, his favourite pastime. He is a member of
the Naval and Military and Bath Clubs.
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. i Parkinson married in 1905 Constance Mary, younger
^r of the late Colonel A. G. Daubeny, of the 7th Fusiliers.
been on the Commission of the Peace for Breconshire since
-ested genf • farming and all English sports,
: being perhaps, his favourite pastime. He is a member of
al and Military and Bath Clubs.
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7jS soldier, politician, and sportsman, the career of Lieut. -
Colonel H. E. M. Lindsay, of Ystrad Mynach, Cardiff, stamps
him as a man of varied attainments and activity. Born at
Tredegar Park, co. Monmouth, on February i3th, 1857, he is the
eldest son of Lieut. -Colonel Henry Gore Lindsay, J.P., D.L., of
Glasnevin House, co. Dublin, by his marriage with the Hon. Ellen
Sarah, daughter of Charles, ist Lord Tredegar. He married on
July 24th, 1889, Ellen Katherine, eldest daughter of George William
Griffiths Thomas, Esq., of Ystrad Mynach.
Educated at the Royal Academy, Gosport, and at the Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich, Colonel Lindsay entered the Royal
Engineers in 1876, and with that force saw service in the Transvaal
Campaign of 1881-82 and also in the Suakin Expedition of 1885.
He attained his Captaincy in the Royal Engineers in 1887, and in
1891 was transferred to the Monmouthshire Royal Engineers
(Militia), in which he is now Lieut. -Colonel. He served in the
South African War of 1900-1-2, and was mentioned in despatches.
Colonel Lindsay was one of the few officers serving in the
last South African War who also contested for Parliamentary
honours in the General Election of 1900. The nominee of the
Conservative Party in East Glamorganshire, he had as his opponent
Sir (then Mr.) Alfred Thomas, the Chairman of the Welsh Liberal
Parliamentary Party, who retained the seat he has held continu-
ously since 1885. Colonel Lindsay has for many years rendered
the Conservative Party strenuous and solid service, and is widely
known in Glamorganshire for the vigorous and straightforward
exposition of his views. He is opposed to Disestablishment and
Disendowment, is a strong Unionist, and is numbered amongst the
most sturdy advocates of Tariff Reform and Colonial Preference.
A keen student of questions affecting National defence, he naturally
favours the maintenance of a strong Navy and Army as the only
guarantees of national security, and also believes in the desirable
results of closer union between the Mother Country and her Colonies
and Dependencies for purposes of mutual defence. In regard to
social questions, he has never shirked serious study of the difficult
problems constantly presented, and is a staunch supporter of all
reform which can be held to be both reasonable and practicable.
In the public life of Glamorganshire Colonel Lindsay has for
many years taken a prominent part. He has been a member of
the Caerphilly Urban District Council since 1892, in which year
he was also elected to the Glamorgan County Council, his connec-
tion with the latter body ceasing in 1901. He is a Justice of the
Peace for Glamorganshire and also for co. Dublin.
As a sportsman, Colonel Lindsay long ago demonstrated his
ability. In his younger days he was expert both at cricket and
football, and in 1880, under the Associatian code, played for the
South v. North of England. He has always been fond of steeple-
chasing, and has steered many winners between flags. He still
trains a few of his own horses, and is a member of the National
Hunt Committee. He is a keen follower of hounds.
Colonel Lindsay belongs to the same House as the Earls of
Crawford and Balcarres, being a great-grandson of Dr. Charles
Dalrymple Lindsay, Bishop of Kildare, son of the 5th Earl of
Balcarres and 3Oth Lord Lindsay of Crawford. The fourth son of
Bishop Lindsay was George Hayward Lindsay, Esq., J.P., D.L., of
Glasnevin House, Dublin, who married in 1828 Lady Mary Catherine
Gore, sister of the 4th Earl of Arran, K.P. Lieutenant-Colonel
H. G. Lindsay (father of the subject of this sketch) is the eldest
surviving son of that marriage, his elder brother having died in his
youth. Born in 1830, he joined the Rifle Brigade after leaving
Eton, and before he was thirty years of age had been on active
service in South Africa, in the Crimea, and in the Indian Mutiny,
his services in the Mutiny gaining him mention in despatches.
He afterwards commanded the Brecon Rifle Volunteers.
Colonel and Mrs. Lindsay have three sons and two
daughters. Colonel Lindsay is a member of the Naval and Military
Club.
COLONEL J. R. HOWI-LL, J.P., D.L.,
Master Tivyside Foxhounds 1871-1890.
Cicut-Colonci 3obn Richard Powell,
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VMN estimate of the services rendered to Cardiganshire by Lieut.-
Colonel J. R. Howell, J.P., D.L., of Pantgwyn, Llangoedmore,
over a long period of years points unmistakably to the deep
in; rest he takes in the public life of the County. Few County
gerriemen have been so prominent in such a variety pes as
be has, and he has very worthily won a high place ivionp the
public men of Cardiganshire. Colonel Howel), who -f the
late II. W. Howell, Esq., J.P.. of Glaspant, i uoKmlyn,
was born at Glaspant in 1835, and educated at Ch
he married (first) in 1861, Sarah, widow of Cuthber) Hall, Esq.,
and grand -daughter of Admiral Lord CollingpivcHxi ; and (secondly),
in 12.74, Williama, daughter ot Colonel Lewes, of Liysnewydd.
As a Justice of thf Peace and Deputy- Lieutenant for the
County, Colonel Howell has never regarded his position as a
gistrate as being in the nature of a sinecure, but has always
endeavoured to devote much of his rune not only to the discharge
of his duties on the Bench, but t iplete study of the functions
C'ol.ONi.L j K. HOWKL'L, J.T., D.L.,
M.ister Tivyhide Foxhounds 1871-1890.
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HN estimate of the services rendered to Cardiganshire by Lieut.-
Colonel J. R. Howell, J.P., D.L., of Pantgwyn, Llangoedmore,
over a long period of years points unmistakably to the deep
interest he takes in the public life of the County. Few County
gentlemen have been so prominent in such a variety of spheres as
he has, and he has very worthily won a high place among the
public men of Cardiganshire. Colonel Howell, who is a son of the
late H. W. Howell, Esq., J.P., of Glaspant, near Newcastle-Emlyn,
was born at Glaspant in 1835, and educated at Cheltenham College.
He married (first) in 1861, Sarah, widow of Cuthbert Hall, Esq.,
and grand-daughter of Admiral Lord Collingwood ; and (secondly),
in 1874, Williama, daughter of Colonel Lewes, of Llysnewydd.
As a Justice of the Peace and Deputy-Lieutenant for the
County, Colonel Howell has never regarded his position as a
Magistrate as being in the nature of a sinecure, but has always
endeavoured to devote much of his time not only to the discharge
of his duties on the Bench, but to a complete study of the functions
of a Justice and the laws and procedure of Summary Jurisdiction.
In the exercise of his judicial capacity he has therefore shown
conspicuous ability and good judgment, and as Chairman of the
Cardigan Bench of Magistrates devotes himself to his duties
with much thoroughness, and enjoys the confidence and respect of
his colleagues in a marked degree. He is also a Justice of the
Peace for Pembrokeshire.
Similar earnestness of purpose has marked his association
with the Cardiganshire County Council, of which he is an
Alderman. He has filled with great success the chairmanship of
that important body, a distinction which was a tribute alike to his
interest in County affairs and his excellent personal qualities,
which all who know him appreciate very highly. The affairs of
his own parish engage a share of his attention, as is evidenced by
his chairmanship of the Llangoedmore Parish Council. In the
years 1862-63-64 his name appeared on the roll for High Sheriff,
but he was eventually excused.
Perhaps in no sphere of activity has Colonel Howell rendered
more valuable service than in the Carmarthenshire Artillery Militia.
For no less a time than thirty-one years has he been actively
identified with that branch of the service, and his example and
influence have shown what excellent results may be achieved by the
work of a capable and enthusiastic officer and commander. Hunt-
ing and shooting are his principal recreations. Between 1862 and
1870 he rode a good deal in Steeplechases, and won " The Princi-
pality " at Aberystwyth two years in succession. For many years
he has been in Cardiganshire one of the foremost men in the chase,
notably in connection with the Tivyside Foxhounds. Such is the
arduous nature of the duties involved in the mastership of hounds
that few sportsmen undertake the office for a long period of years,
and Colonel Howell has just cause to be proud of the fact that for
nineteen years, from 1871 to 1890, he was Master of the Tivyside
pack. Followers of the hounds, too, had abundant cause for
gratification at Colonel Howell's splendid services, for the period
covered by his mastership was notable for the brilliant success of
the Hunt both in a sporting and social sense.
On giving up the Tivyside, Colonel Howell had a magnifi-
cent Cup, with kindly words engraved upon it, presented to him,
and several good sportsmen outside the Tivyside country subscribed
to it. The Cup was supplied by Messrs. Dobson & Co., of Picca-
dilly. By six friends who hunted with him from Newcastle-Emlym,
but who were non-subscribers to the hounds, he was given a gold-
mounted hunting whip. But nothing was valued by Colonel
Howell more highly than the mighty document signed by every
farmer in the Hunt country, expressing their great regret at his
retirement and requesting to be allowed, in the circumstances in
which he found himself, to subscribe a sum every year to enable
him to continue. While cordially thanking them for their exceeding
kindness, Colonel Howell — good sportsman as he is — absolutely
declined to allow them to do so, pointing out that it was quite
enough for them to consent to their land being ridden over and
their fences broken, without expecting them to put their hands into
their pockets as well.
At the present time, with the exception of Mr. Sitwell, of
Ferney Hall, Shropshire, Colonel Howell is the oldest living mem-
ber of the celebrated Hawkstone Otter Hounds.
In political life Colonel Howell is a strong Conservative,
who has rendered the Party great service in a variety of ways.
He is President of the Cardigan Club.
COLONEL W. P. L. LEWES, J.P., D.L.
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been of a singularly able character, Lieut. -Colonel V
Price Llewellyn Lewes, J.P., D.L., of Llysnewydd, co.
Carmarthen, is in every respect a worthy upholder of the tnv
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GENTLEMAN whose military and other public services have
been of a singularly able character, Lieut. -Colonel William
Price Llewellyn Lewes, J.P., D.L., of Llysnewydd, co.
Carmarthen, is in every respect a worthy upholder of the traditions
of a prominent Welsh house. His active military career has been
followed by an equally zealous association with public life in West
Wales, and the many duties he has undertaken have been performed
with determination and completeness that are characteristics of a
much respected personality. He is a typical soldier, with the true
military instinct. His grandfather, William Lewes, Esq., was an
officer in the Horse Guards Blue ; his father, the late William Price
Lewes, Esq., who died in 1890, served in the g6th Regiment and
was Hon. Colonel of the Royal Carmarthen Artillery Militia ; so
that his inclination towards a military career was natural.
Colonel Lewes was born at Dublin on August 3oth, 1838,
the elder son by his father's marriage with Anna, elder daughter of
James Beatty, Esq., M.D., of Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh. He was
educated at Rugby, and married on January loth, 1872, Sara
Cecilia, second daughter of John Deane- Drake, Esq., of Stokestown,
New Ross, co. Wexford.
His service with the 5ist Light Infantry extended over
twenty-two years, and he left the Army with the rank of Lieut. -
Colonel. For a time he was Adjutant of the Pembrokeshire
Volunteers, and did much to increase the efficiency of that force.
During the long time that he has taken part in public affairs in the
Counties of Carmarthen and Cardigan he has shown admirable
qualities, and his action has been consistently shrewd and thought-
ful. He thus enjoys great confidence, alike for his able grasp of
business details and his tactful and courteous manner.
On the Carmarthenshire County Council he represents the
Llangeler Division, and watches the general affairs of the County
with the same close attention that he gives to the business of his
own parish, he having been Chairman of the Llangeler Parish
Council since the constitution of that authority. He is Chairman
of the New Quay Harbour Company, and directs the affairs of that
body with marked ability.
As a politician, Colonel Lewes has done much useful work
as Chairman of the Carmarthenshire Conservative Association.
His name stands for the maintenance of the highest principles in
political life, and though he holds very definite views and advances
them with no lack of resolution or vigour, he enjoys the esteem of
all parties. He is a Justice of the Peace and Deputy- Lieutenant
for the Counties of Carmarthen and Cardigan.
Interested in practically all sporting pursuits, Colonel Lewes
has engaged in most with much healthy enthusiasm and has a host
of friends who value his qualities as a sportsman of the typically
British type. He was for many years Hon. Secretary of the United
Counties Hunters' Society. The affairs of his estate engage a
proper share of his attention, and as an excellent landlord he takes
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an interest in agricultural matters, farms some 200 acres himself
and does his utmost to further the prosperity of the industry. He
is Chairman of the Emlyn Farmers' Co-operative Association.
The family of Lewes, which has long been settled at
Llysnewydd, claims descent from Ednowain ap Bradwen, Lord of
Llys-Bradwen, founder of the ijth Noble Tribe of North Wales
and Powis, A.D. 846.
Colonel and Mrs. Lewes have one son and two daughters,
their son, Captain William Lewes, being married to Daisy
Franzeska, youngest daughter of the late John Wylie, Esq., of West-
cliff Hall, Hythe ; while their elder daughter is the wife of Godfrey
Evan Schaw Protheroe-Beynon, Esq., J.P., D.L., of Trewern.
Colonel Lewes is a member of the Welsh Club.
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SINGULARLY well favoured in the number of County gentle-
men who direct to a great extent the management of its
public affairs, Breconshire has few gentlemen more widely
esteemed than Lieut. -Colonel Howell Richard Jones-Williams,
J.P., of Cwy Pare, Talybont-on-Usk. Actuated by a kindly interest
in the welfare of his neighbours, he enjoys the greatest esteem of
all who are familiar with his useful career, for he has never shirked
any public work by which he might render service or evaded the
responsibilities which attach to his position.
He is a son of the Rev Walter Jones-Williams, of Coity-
Mawr, and Cwy Pare, and was born in 1863, about a year before his
father's death. He married in 1892 Constance Laura Frances, elder
daughter of Captain Frank Travers, late 6oth Rifles.
With his interests centred so largely in Breconshire, Colonel
Jones- Williams takes a real interest in County matters and is
actively identified with several institutions connected with the life
of the shire, notably those affecting agriculture. On the Brecon-
shire County Council he represents the Talybont-on-Usk Division,
and he is on the Commission of the Peace for the County. His
military career is represented by singularly useful service as an
officer of the 4th Battalion (Militia) Royal Welsh Fusiliers, in
which Regiment he has for several years been known as an
exceedingly able and zealous officer. He is a patron of most rural
pursuits ; shooting, perhaps, is the one he most favours. In political
life his support is given to the Conservative Party.
Colonel Jones-Williams is a member of the Junior Constitu-
tional Club.
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mAJOR Anthony Powell Traherne, J.P., who now resides
principally at Inglethorpe, Manor Road, Bournemouth,
belongs to a well-known Glamorganshire family, and by
reason of his much useful public work in the County, has himself
done much to enhance the honour of the family name. Conspicuous
in his career, of course, has been his lengthy period of military
service.
He was born at Coytrehen, Bridgend, in 1834, the son of the
late M. P. Traherne, Esq. After leaving Sherborne School, he was
trained specially for the Army, and while still in his teens joined
the ist Battalion Leicestershire Regiment. That was in August,
1853, and his connection with that Regiment, in which he attained
thejrank of Captain, lasted till 1862, his service covering a variety
of interesting experiences. He is one of the veterans of the Crimea,
was present at Sebastopol, and at the storming of the Redan, i8th
June, and recalls many of the principal incidents of that famous
Campaign. From August, 1863, to November, 1879, he served as
Adjutant of the Glamorgan Rifle Volunteers, and exercised a
valuable influence on the Volunteer movement in the County,
always doing his best to secure the utmost possible efficiency in
that important auxiliary to national defence.
The close of an arduous military career did not involve the
end of Major Traherne's public service. He has since continued
his activities, and wherever he is known he has won genuine
admiration as a gallant soldier, a keen sportsman, and one ever
ready to devote himself to the public service generally. He is a
Justice of the Peace for Glamorganshire and Hampshire. Needless
to say, he is a thorough "out-door man," and not many gentlemen
in the County of Glamorganshire can claim to have been more
fondly devoted to the chase than he. After the death of his
friend Mr. Theodore Talbot, who was the Master of the Glamorgan-
shire Fox Hounds, he worked hard to keep the Hunt together, the
mastership being taken by Mr. J. S. Gibbon subsequently.
Shooting and fishing are his other favourite recreations. In politics
he is a Conservative.
Major Traherne married, February gih, 1865, Lucy Lock-
wood, daughter of Captain T. Onslow.
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m4OUNGER son of the late J. G. W. Bonsall, Esq., J.P., of
W Fronfraith, near Aberystwyth, Major H. E. Bonsall, J.P., of
^ Galltyllan, Machynlleth, co. Montgomery, belongs to a well-
known Cardiganshire family. He is a great-grandson of Sir
Thomas Bonsall, of Fronfraith, who was knighted by King George
III. on the occasion of presenting an address in 1795 on the King's
escape from an attempt on his life. His grandfather, who died in
1861, was the Rev. Isaac Bonsall, B.D., J.P., Rector of Llanwrin,
co. Montgomery, who was married to the daughter and co-heiress
of the Rev. John Davies, B.A., Rector of Cemmaes, descended from
the Meyricks of Ucheldre. The late John George William Bonsall,
Esq., Major Bonsall's father, was the second son of the Rev. I.
Bonsall, and was married to Frances, daughter of Joseph Davies,
Esq., of Galltyllan. He was High Sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1866
and died in jgoo, four years after the demise of his wife.
Major Bonsall, who was born at Fronfraith on February
soth, 1863, was formerly Major in the Cardigan Artillery and
Instructor of Gunnery. He married in 1896 Gertrude Elizabeth,
second daughter of John Thomas Morgan, Esq., J.P., D.L., of
Nantcaeris, Aberystwyth, by his marriage with a daughter of
Robert Goddard Jones, Esq., of Blackheath, Kent. MajorBonsall is
on the Commission of the Peace for cos. Cardigan and Montgomery,
and is generally interested in all country pursuits. He takes a
practical interest in agricultural questions, and engages with zest
in both hunting and shooting. He is Conservative in politics.
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TBMONG the well-known gentry of Glamorganshire who served
Pfl in the late South African War was Major Charles Gresford
Irving Edmondes, J.P., of Colwinstone, Cowbridge, late
Captain in the ^th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Major
Edmondes belongs to a well-known South Wales family, being a
son of the late Archdeacon Edmondes, of Old Hall, Cowbridge, and
he was born at Lampeter, Cardiganshire. Educated at Sherborne,
he has since devoted a good deal of his time to military duties, and,
attached to the Remount Department in South Africa during the
War, rendered good service in that capacity. He is now actively
connected with the Glamorganshire Imperial Yeomanry, holding
rank as Major, and with his varied military experience proves
himself a very valuable officer, whose services are diligently applied
to increasing the strength and general efficiency of his Regiment.
Major Edmondes married on April i2th, 1898, Dorothy Caro-
line, third daughter of the late John Cole Nicholl, Esq., of Merthyr
Mawr, Bridgend. He is a typical country gentleman, fond of
hunting, shooting, and fishing, and rural pursuits generally, and he
enjoys in a marked degree the popularity that always belongs to a
fine sportsman and broad-minded public man who devotes a fair
share of his time to public service and duty. On the Commission
of the Peace for the County, he adjudicates in the Cowbridge
Division, and he is an influential supporter of the Conservative
Party, ever ready to actively identify himself with the cause. SITT8
MAJOR C. H. DAVIS CASS, D.S.O.
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7m PROMINENT and interesting personality in the- Lla.
district is Major C. H. Davis Cass, D.S.O., of Dol-1.1.
has had a very creditable and successful military (
who enjoys to a singular degree the respect and regard of a i
>m either private or official business may bring him into <:•
He is, indeed, a fine combination of an English .y-ld.'i-r
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H PROMINENT and interesting personality in the Llandyssul
district is Major C. H. Davis Cass, D.S.O., of Dol-Llan, who
has had a very creditable and successful military career, and
who enjoys to a singular degree the respect and regard of all with
whom either private or official business may bring him into contact.
He is, indeed, a fine combination of an English soldier and an
English gentleman.
The gallant Major holds very decided views on military
matters. A believer in kindness, he is nevertheless a strong
advocate of strict discipline, which he considers, and very truly too,
to be absolutely necessary in dealing with large bodies of men.
Entering the Army in 1878, Major Cass has held commis-
sions in the Welsh Regiment, the Connaught Rangers, and the
Worcestershire Regiment. He was promoted to a Captaincy in
; 888 and from 1899 to 1902 saw active service during the South
African War, in the course of which he was frequently mentioned in
despatches. In 1900 he was appointed a member of the Distin-
guished Service Order and holds the Queen's medal with three
clasps, as well as the King's medal with two clasps. He retired
from the Army in 1904 with the rank of Major.
Throughout his military career, Major Cass proved himself a
most efficient and popular officer. Frank, fearless and firm, he is
always ready to deal fairly and considerately with everyone, and
this largely explains the genuine esteem in which he is widely held.
Though he has only lived at his Welsh home since he retired
from the Army, he has, in that comparatively brief period, by his
geniality and great liberality endeared himself to all in and
around Llandyssul.
In politics Major Cass is a Conservative and values fully a
firm and wise Imperial policy, the consolidation of the Empire and
the protection of the Liberties of Englishmen at home and abroad.
An ardent Churchman, he subscribes handsomely to all local
Church funds and is most charitable to the poor.
Hunting and fishing are his favourite pastimes, and probably
he is rarely happier than when enjoying to the full one or other of
these delightful recreations. During the hunting season he follows
regularly on two or three days in each week, the Tivy-side and
Neuadd-fawr packs. Early in the fishing season (March-May),
when the Teifi is at its best, he is often to be seen with rod and line
angling for trout or salmon.
It is very seldom that Major Cass is away from Dol-Llan for
more than a few days at a time. He is devoted to his home and
takes great pride in his house and its surroundings, which he has
vastly improved during his occupation. Much of the Major's
leisure is spent in gardening, of which he is very fond, the high
standard of cultivation maintained in his grounds attesting
eloquently his passion for flowers.
In the local sports of the district Major Cass takes an
exceptionally keen interest. The local horse races, the annual horse
show, the annual athletic sports, and the local Rifle clubs are all
equally assured of his patronage, for he subscribes handsomely to
all and is either President or Vice-President of each.
Of children the Major is exceedingly fond and his apprecia-
tion is warmly reciprocated. He is never so happy as when
entertaining the young, as he frequently does, with treats of various
kinds. Major Cass was born in 1858 at Arlington in Sussex, being
the only son of the Rev. Charles William Cass. He was educated
at Guildford Royal Grammar School and Winchester College. He
is a member of the Army and Navy Club.
MAJOR T. H. DOWDESWELL, V.D.,
Ilitrh Sheriff of Carmarthenshire 1908-9.
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WHILE leading the life of a. typical co.intry genileman, Major
T. H. Dowdeswell, VJ3., ot The Cottage, Llanstephan,
finds much wholesome pleasure and enjoyment in fostering
a hearty spirit of Imperialism amongst his fellowmen. As a
Volunteer of thirty years' experience, he took an active pnrt in
popularizing the "citizen army." At the time of his retirement
(July 1 7th, 1907), he was commanding officer of the Merthyr Vale
Detachment 3rd V.B. Welsh Regiment, and the smartness and
genera] efficiency of the corps was in itself striking proof of the zeal
with which he had performed the duties attached to his post and
of the great attention he had paid to the careful training of his
men. Major Dowdesweli retired with the rank of Major and with
permission to wear the uniform. He was in 1897 granted the
Long Service Medal and received the Volunteer Office^' Decoration
in 1902.
Though he has severed his connection with the Volunteer
force, Major Dowdeswell continues to take a great interest in
encouraging skill in rifle shooting, at which he has always himself
MAJOR T. H. DOWDESWELI., V.D.,
High Sherift of Carmarthenshire 1908-9.
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WHILE leading the life of a typical country gentleman, Major
T. H. Dowdeswell, V.D., of The Cottage, Llanstephan,
finds much wholesome pleasure and enjoyment in fostering
a hearty spirit of Imperialism amongst his fellowmen. As a
Volunteer of thirty years' experience, he took an active part in
popularizing the "citizen army." At the time of his retirement
(July lyth, 1907), he was commanding officer of the Merthyr Vale
Detachment 3rd V.B. Welsh Regiment, and the smartness and
general efficiency of the corps was in itself striking proof of the zeal
with which he had performed the duties attached to his post and
of the great attention he had paid to the careful training of his
men. Major Dowdeswell retired with the rank of Major and with
permission to wear the uniform. He was in 1897 granted the
Long Service Medal and received the Volunteer Officers' Decoration
in 1902.
Though he has severed his connection with the Volunteer
force, Major Dowdeswell continues to take a great interest in
encouraging skill in rifle shooting, at which he has always himself
been proficient. For a number of years he has been on the
Committee of the Glamorganshire Rifle Association, as well as
being a Vice-President of the Welsh Miniature Rifle Association
and President of the Nelson Rifle Club, while for years he captained
the Welsh Twenty Club and the Glamorgan County Team.
By his prowess as a marksman Major Dowdeswell has won
innumerable trophies, amongst the most important being the
N.R.A. Bronze Medal, the International Gold Medal, the Queen's
Badge at Wimbledon, 1886 ; as well as a number of other medals,
badges, jewels, and other prizes all dear to the heart of the
marksman.
Seeing that Major Dowdeswell has devoted so much time to
military matters it is not surprising that he has a penchant for
collecting curios which have martial associations. Amongst his
collection are a penholder made from Mauser bullets captured from
the Boers ; some Boer tobacco secured from Cronje's laager ; Long
Tom shells from Ladysmith ; two Dervish spears from the Soudan ;
a knobkerry from Zululand, and many another relic of some of
England's " little wars" in various parts of the globe.
That shooting and fishing rank amongst Major Dowdeswell's
favourite recreations, will show him to be a first class sportsman,
and help to explain the very general popularity in which he is
held. Probably another reason for this would be found in the fact
that he is a gentleman who thoroughly appreciates the words of Dr.
Blair "that without constant and steady endeavour it is impossible
to excel in anything." Such a conviction is undoubtedly the cause
for his views being so healthy and so welcome and his influence so
pronounced.
Taking a deep interest in public matters, Major- Dowdeswell
has during many years been diligent in performing his own share
of local work. For nineteen years consecutively he represented the
Nelson Ward of Llanfabon Parish on the School Board, Board of
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Guardians, and the Rural Sanitary Authority. He is a Church-
warden of St. Stephen's Parish Church, Llanstephan.
Before taking up his residence at The Cottage, Llanstephan,
Major Dowdeswell lived at Nelson in Glamorganshire. There over
a lengthy period his consistent efforts, in which he was loyally
aided by his wife and family, towards helping his fellowmen
gained for him widespread recognition as a warm-hearted, highly-
respected gentleman. Upon his leaving the district to settle at
Llanstephan, it was felt on all sides that some concrete evidence
should be given of this recognition of his worth, and, as a sequence,
Major Dowdeswell was the recipient of some exceedingly grati-
fying testimonials. One, which was presented to him at a public
banquet, took the form of a magnificent solid silver tea tray, which
bears the following inscription :-—
" Presented to Major T. H. Dowdeswell, V.D., by the inhabitants
of Nelson and district on the occasion of his retiring from public life,
having served the public faithfully and well for a period of nineteen
years, on the different public bodies, including the School Board, Board
of Guardians, Rural Sanitary Authority, Local Board, Caerphilly
District Council (of which he was Chairman), and churchwarden of St.
John's Church, Nelson."
By the Nelson Building Club a gold-mounted Malacca cane was
presented on which is inscribed :—
" Presented to Major T. H. Dowdeswell, V.D., by members of the
Nelson Building Club, with every good wish for his future happiness.
March, 1907."
A staunch Conservative in politics, Major Dowdeswell has
rendered zealous and sterling services to his Party. He is a cour-
ageous political assailant, and a very impressive speaker. What-
ever his opponents may think of his views, there is no mistaking
the fact that in all he says and does the gallant Major is manifestly
earnest and sincere ; nor does he flinch at any time from an honest
avowal of his opinions on any thorny question. Strong, indeed, is
the vein of candour which runs through the whole of his speeches,
which become the more forcible because they are the outward
expression of inward and deep-rooted convictions ; but, naturally,
his sturdy and independent remarks are not always particularly
palatable to persons of an opposite school of thought.
The family to which Major Dowdeswell belongs is an ancient
one of Gloucestershire origin, in which County and its neighbour,
Worcestershire, many of its members are held in high social repute.
A reminder of this early association with the former County exists
in the village of Dowdeswell which lies between Gloucester and
Cheltenham.
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CAPTAIN Hubert Cecil Prichard, of Pwllywrach, Cowbridge,
is the eldest surviving son of the late Charles John Collins
Prichard, Esq., of Clifton, Bristol, by his marriage with his
first cousin, Mary Anna, daughter of David Thomas, Esq., of
Pwllywrach. From his mother he inherited the Pwllywrach
estate, that lady, who died in 1898, having inherited the property
from her brother, Hubert de Burgh Thomas, Esq., who died in
1878.
Paternally, Captain Prichard descends from a very ancient
Monmouthshire family — the Prichards of Llanover, lineally des-
cended from Caradoc Vraich Yras, Earl of Hereford and Prince
between Wye and Severn, who reigned from A.D. 520-570. From
that early period the descent can be traced, the eminence of the
House accounting for their prominence in local historical records.
Penhros Castle was the seat of the family from the thirteenth
century till late in Elizabeth's reign, and Llanover Court was for
many generations part of their possessions, but this latter property
was sold by the zealous William Prichard of the seventeenth
century to pay the fines of the Royalist prisoners. His younger
brother Benjamin, after the destruction of Raglan Castle, suffered
voluntary exile during the Commonwealth, but at the Restoration
returned and obtained the estate known as the Manor House of
Goytrey, within the Llanover Manor. From him Captain Prichard
is the seventh in lineal descent. Goytrey Manor was sold about
1739-
Until 1898 Pwllywrach had been in the possession of the
Thomas family since the seventeenth century, Edward Thomas,
who was born in 1655, marrying the heiress of Pwllywrach — his first
cousin, Anne, daughter of Morgan Williams. Like the Prichards,
the family of Thomas is of distinguished descent. They descend
from Thomas ap Gwillym ap Jenkin, and, with the Herberts of
Llanarth and other eminent Houses, have a common ancestor in
Henry Fitz- Herbert, Chamberlain and Treasurer to King Henry I.,
and the first of his family born in England.
David Thomas, Esq., of Pwllywrach, who was born in
1801, married Eliza, daughter of Thomas Prichard, Esq., of
Trancred House, Bristol. Ou his death in 1857 he was succeeded
at Pwlly\vrach by his elder son, Hubert de Burgh Thomas, Esq.,
who devised his estates by will to his sister, Mary Anna, Captain
Prichard's late mother.
Captain Prichard, who was born at Stapleton House, near
Bristol, on February 6th, 1865, was educated at Clifton College,
Magdalene College, Cambridge, and at the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst, afterwards entering the East Yorks Regiment. Since
leaving the Regular Army, he has been connected with the
Glamorganshire Imperial Yeomanry, holding rank as Major. He
married in 1905 Nora Diana, elder daughter of Arthur Piers, Esq.,
of Montreal, Canada, and has issue — Lydia Diana, and Hubert
de Burgh (born May i4th, 1907).
A large share of Captain Prichard's time is devoted to
public duties. He is Lord of the Manor of Colwinston and Patron
of that living, and, as a considerable landowner, is much interested
in all agricultural questions, his services in many directions being
highly valued. He is a Justice of the Peace for the County, and a
member of the Bridgend and Cowbridge Board of Guardians and
Rural District Council. In politics a strong Unionist, he is
also a supporter of Tariff Reform. He finds recreation in pure
sport of all description, and has a preference for cricket and
shooting.
Captain Ulilliam Cewcs, 3*P«
CAPTAIN William Lewes, J.P., of Plasgeler, Llangeler, comes of
quite a military family, his great-grandfather, his grandfather,
and his father having all borne arms. Born at Haverford-
west in 1878, he is the only son of Lieut. -Colonel William Price
Llewellyn Lewes, J.P., D.L,, of Llysnewydd, and was educated at
Cambridge. He married on July 5th, 1905, Daisy Franzeska,
youngest daughter of the late John Wylie, Esq., of Westcliff Hall,
Hythe.
Well-known in sporting circles in South Wales, Captain
Lewes takes a leading part in the principal country pursuits, and
has proved himself a capable and popular Master of Harriers, while
there are few English sports in which he cannot creditably take a
part. He is on the Commission of the Peace for Carmarthenshire
and Cardiganshire, and although he does not at present take an
active part in many spheres of public business, he is recognised as
one who will in time take the prominent share in County affairs
that his talents and position entitle him to do. Since 1900 he has
held a commission in the Carmarthen Royal Garrison Artillery
(Militia).
Captain Lewes belongs to a family that claims descent from
Ednowain ap Bradwen, Lord of Llys-Bradwen, founder of the i5th
Noble Tribe of North Wales and Powis, A.D. 846. He is in
politics Conservative.
CAPT. C. H. WOOD, J.P.
Captain CDarks ftarcoun 6am Wood, J.p.
CAPTAIN Charles Harcourt Gum Wood, J.F./cf Caer Beris,
Builth, is descended from the Woods of Littietnr. and Ciwein-
yfed and belongs to one of the numerous County families
distinguished for the many sons they have given to one or other of
the sister services of the nation. Hardly a House of note in all
England but has sent its quota to officer one of the services.
Captain Wood was born at Penally on August ?7th, t?G6, being :
son of Captain Charles Watkins Arthur Hr.rcourt Wood, an<!
grandson of Colonel Wood, of Carleton Lodce, Pontefrar t
served in the loth Hussars throughout the Peninsula CJavr.rxi '.£•;!
and was present at Waterloo. After son>-', year?
College, he proceeded to Sandhurst, and io du< • -urv a/ned a
commission in the ?5th Hussars, wit. Lament, he served
from 1887 till 1894, when he retiree! with llv; rauir of Captain.
He subsequently served for about ?»x years with the Yorkshire
Dragoons.
In 1898 Captain Wood married Lina, eldest daughter of
mon le Strange, Esq., of Hunstanlon Hall, Norfolk, and has
hanged the excitement •-.. i;fe in the tented field and
the garrison town for the calm and equable pleasures of a country
U»T. C. H. WOOD, J.P.
Captain CDarks fiarcourt 6am tuood, 3.p,
CAPTAIN Charles Harcourt Gam Wood, J.P., of Caer Beris,
Builth, is descended from the Woods of Littleton and Gwein-
yfed and belongs to one of the numerous County families
distinguished for the many sons they have given to one or other of
the sister services of the nation. Hardly a House of note in all
England but has sent its quota to officer one of the services.
Captain Wood was born at Penally on August lyth, 1866, being a
son of Captain Charles Watkins Arthur Harcourt Wood, and
grandson of Colonel Wood, of Carleton Lodge, Pontefract, who
served in the loth Hussars throughout the Peninsula Campaign
and was present at Waterloo. After some years at Wellington
College, he proceeded to Sandhurst, and in due course obtained a
commission in the I5th Hussars, with which Regiment he served
from 1887 till 1894, when he retired with the rank of Captain.
He subsequently served for about six years with the Yorkshire
Dragoons.
In 1898 Captain Wood married Lina, eldest daughter of
Hamon le Strange, Esq., of Hunstanton Hall, Norfolk, and has
exchanged the excitement and bustle of life in the tented field and
the garrison town for the calm and equable pleasures of a country
gentleman. In this role he is an extremely popular personality,
taking a lively interest in the affairs of his district and in the
general pursuits of rural life. An " outdoor man " in every sense,
he is accomplished in many English sports, and hunting, shooting,
fishing, and golf are among the recreations in which he engages
with zest. Captain Wood has been a Justice of the Peace for
Breconshire since 1897, an(^ ^n ?8g8 ne was a^so placed on the
Commission of the Peace for the West Riding of Yorkshire. In
politics he is a Conservative.
P.i ii.rii \VKLI.H, CAEK I;M
gentleman. In this role he is an extremely popular personality,
taking a lively interest in the affairs of his district and in the
general pursuits of rural life. An "outdoor man" in every sense,
he is accomplished in many English sports, and hunting, shooting,
fishing, and golf are among the recreations in which he engages
with zest. Captain Wood has been a Justice of the Peace for
Breconshire since 1897, anc* ^n ^98 he was also placed on the
Commission of the Peace for the West Riding of Yorkshire. In
politics he is a Conservative.
BVILTH WELLS, CAER BERIS.
William Willis-Bund,
.fl., CC.B., J.P., D.C., F.S.fl.
CHE Chairman of the Cardiganshire Quarter Sessions, Mr. John
William Willis-Bund, is well-known in that County, as he is
in Worcestershire, for the extent and high character of his
public work. An able Barrister and a gentleman of broad culture,
his interests are so varied that the service he freely gives to the
public both in administrative and judicial spheres is the more
valued. On the Commission of the Peace for the Counties of
Worcester and Cardigan, he undertakes a large share of magisterial
work, and in both Counties enjoys a high confidence among his
colleagues which is best indicated by his position as Chairman of
Quarter Sessions in each shire. In these responsible offices he has
shown singular ability and good judgment. Worcestershire also
has the advantage of his services in its administrative work, he
having for several years been Chairman of the County Council.
He is Deputy- Lieutenant for Worcestershire.
For thirty years he has been the Chairman of the Severn
Fishery Board and in that capacity has done a good deal of work
in connection with Fisheries both at home and abroad. For his
book, " Salmon Problems," the German Fishery Society made him
an honorary member. Mr. Willis-Bund was also a member of the
Departmental Committee (Lord Onslow) which sat for some time
and whose report in 1907 led to the Act of that year dealing with
the question. In 1885 he contested North Worcestershire as the
Conservative candidate, but was defeated by a local manufacturer.
Mr. Willis-Bund's book on the Celtic Church in Wales has excited
considerable attention in the Principality.
Mr. Willis-Bund is the son of the late John Walpole Willis,
Esq., J.P., D.L., by his (second) marriage with Ann Susanna Kent,
eldest daughter of the late Colonel Thomas Henry Bund, of Wick
Episcopi, Worcester. He was born on August 8th, 1843, and
graduated M.A. and LL.B. at Cambridge, being called to the Bar
at Lincoln's Inn in 1869. He assumed the additional surname and
arms of Bund by Royal Licence in 1864, and married, first, on
April 2nd, 1872, Harriette Penelope, daughter of Richard Temple,
Esq., of The Nash, co. Worcester, who died in March, 1895. He
married, secondly, on May 2ist, 1896, Mary Elizabeth, widow of
Colonel Holcombe, ist Royal Scots, and youngest daughter of
General Rennell Thackeray, C.B., and Lady Elizabeth Thackeray.
By his first marriage he has surviving issue one son and three
daughters. His son, Henry Dewi Hampton, was born on Septem-
ber 2oth, 1882.
Paternally, Mr. Willis-Bund descends from the family of
Willis, of Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire. The Bunds have long been
settled at Wick Episcopi, co. Worcester.
Mr. Willis-Bund's country seat is Wick Episcopi, and his
London address is 15, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, W.C. He is a
member of the Constitutional and Oxford and Cambridge Clubs.
W. H. P. JENKINS, ESQ., J.P.
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, J.P., D.L n in that County, and
law of the present Earl of Jersey, having n
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P. JENKINS, ESQ., J.P.
William ficnrp Rhilipps Jenkins,
3.P., D.C.
H MEMBER of the Glamorganshire Magistracy, Mr. W. H. P.
Jenkins, J.P., D.L., is well-known in that County, and is a
brother-in-law of the present Earl of Jersey, having married
Lady Caroline Anne, younger daughter of the 6th Earl by that
nobleman's marriage with a daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Robert
Peel, 2nd Baronet.
Mr. Jenkins, who was born in 1842, is the only surviving son
of the late John Jenkins, Esq., of Caerleon, co. Monmouth, who died
in 1858, and whose wife was Charlotte, daughter and co-heiress of
the late Henry Philipps, of Llantarnam House, co. Monmouth.
Mr. Jenkins was educated at Rugby and Merton College, Oxford,
and his marriage took place on April 4th, 1872.
Having interests in several Counties, Mr. Jenkins is on the
Commission of the Peace for cos. Warwick, Oxford, Glamorgan,
and Monmouth, and is a Deputy-Lieutenant for the last-mentioned
shire. He resides at Frehshay Park, Bristol, and is a member of
Boodle's and New University Clubs.
J. E. MOORE-GWYN, ESQ., J.P., D.L.
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3OSEPH Edward Moore-Gwyn, J.P., D.L., of Dyffryn, near
Neath, Glamorganshire, and Abercrave House, Ystradgynlais,
is the representative of a family whose connection with
Breconshire extends over several centuries, and which has also
been settled for several generations in the Neath district of
Glamorganshire. Ancestor of the family was Trahaern ap Einon,
Lord of Cwymwd, co. Brecon. It was in 1900 that Mr. Moore-
Gwyn succeeded to the Dyffryn and Abercrave estates, and on
September 6th of that year in compliance with the will of his
uncle, the late Howel Gwyn, Esq., J.P., D.L., he assumed by Royal
Licence the additional name and arms of Gwyn.
Mr. Moore-Gwyn is the eldest son of the late Rev. Joseph
Moore, M.A., Vicar and Rural Dean of Buckland, near Farringdon,
Berks, and his wife, Sarah, daughter of the late Rev. Prebendary
John Davison, of Worcester. Born at Buckland on April 3rd, 1850,
he was educated at Winchester College, and married, September
28th, 1876, Edith Fotheringham, eldest daughter of the Rev. W.
Jephson, M.A., late Rector of Hinton, Waldrist, Berks, having issue
two sons and three daughters.
An active and capable public man, Mr. Moore-Gwyn has
creditably followed his late uncle in maintaining the prestige of
the Gwyns and enhancing their reputation for usefulness in public
life. The late Mr. Howel Gwyn was for many years a notable
figure in County life. He had at different times the distinction of
serving three Counties — Brecon, Glamorgan, and Carmarthen —
as High Sheriff ; he was for many years a Magistrate of those
Shires ; and his exceptionally useful career embraced a period of
Parliamentary representation, during which he sat for Penrhyn and
Falmouth (1847-57) and Brecon (1866-68). He died in 1888
without issue, his widow (Ellen Elizabeth, only daughter of John
Moore, Esq., of Plymouth), dying in 1900.
Although he is intimately acquainted with the life of
Glamorganshire, it is with the public life of Breconshire that
Mr. Moore-Gwyn is the more closely associated. His services to
the County were fittingly recognised in 1902, when he was called
upon to discharge the important duties of High Sheriff, a position
which his many good qualities enabled him to occupy with distinc-
tion. But the value of his public work is perhaps best represented
by his membership of the Breconshire County Council, a body
which has attracted to its service many County gentlemen of a type
who add dignity to public administration, while displaying a
sensible appreciation of the County's needs. Of these none has to
his credit a record of more consistently useful service than Mr.
Moore-Gwyn, who, first associated with County administration in
1888, has retained the unbroken confidence of those whom he
represents. He is a Justice of the Peace for Breconshire and
Glamorganshire, and for the former County a Deputy-Lieutenant.
In the more parochial affairs which concern the immediate
neighbourhood of his country homes Mr. Moore-Gwyn shows a
.
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ive and i, public man, Mr. Moore-Gwyn has
'% foil ie in maintaining the prestige of
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for many years a notable
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keen interest, so that besides the respect he has won as a consid-
erate landlord, he enjoys wide popularity by his many excellent
personal qualities. A patron of all out-door sports, cricket is one
of his favourite recreations.
The town of Neath, which is about two miles from the
Dyffryn seat, has greatly benefited by the benefactions of the
Gwyns. In front of the Gwyn Hall in Orchard Street, on a granite
pedestal, is a fine bronze statue of the late Howel Gwyn, Esq.,
designed by Raggi, and erected in 1888 by the principal residents
of the neighbourhood and County. The site of the Hall, which is
used for municipal and other purposes, was presented to the town
by the late Howel Gwyn, Esq., and the fine organ was the gift of
the late Mrs. Gwyn. The site for the Church of St. David, a chapel-
of-ease to the Parish Church, and also that for the Constitutional
Club, were among others of the late Mr. Gwyn's local benefactions.
Mr. Moore- Gwyn is a Conservative, and a Churchman whose
strong attachment to the Church has been nurtured in family
tradition. He is a member of the Junior Carlton Club.
E. PRYSE LLOYD, ESQ., D.L., J.P.
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ONE of the oldest of Carmarthenshire Magistrates, Mr.
Pryse Lloyd, J.P., D.L., of Glansevin, Llanqadock
ms than those of long service to the esteem in v
o widely held. His ability and zeal in public life, no le
unfailing courtesy and tact, are characteristics of a s
ility that have inspired amongst all who have been !
•j contact with him a confidence that increasing years te
<gthen. As a Justice of the Peace, his record must N-
in the County. He was made a Magistrate m
- for the past twenty-five years been the much-m:
a of the Bench
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ONE of the oldest of Carmarthenshire Magistrates, Mr. Edward
Pryse Lloyd, J.P., D.L., of Glansevin, Llangadock, has other
claims than those of long service to the esteem in which he
is so widely held. His ability and zeal in public life, no less than
his unfailing courtesy and tact, are characteristics of a striking
personality that have inspired amongst all who have been brought
into contact with him a confidence that increasing years tend only
to strengthen. As a Justice of the Peace, his record must be almost
unique in the County. He was made a Magistrate in 1873, and
has for the past twenty-five years been the much-respected Chair-
man of the Bench of Magistrates adjudicating at Llangadock.
Upon the responsible duties of his high office, Mr. Lloyd brings to
bear the influence of a ripe judgment and safe discrimination, and
in this and in all other public work he undertakes has proved
himself to be a gentleman of singular ability.
In many ways has Mr. Lloyd striven to promote the best
interests of the community. As Chairman of the old Highway
Board he rendered good service in an important branch of public
administration, and he has since been a very useful member of the
Llandovery Rural District Council ; while as an educationist who
has always welcomed progress and increased efficiency in this
department, his work as a School Board Manager for the Llan-
dovery district has been eminently well directed. The chairman-
ship of the Parish Council is yet another position he has filled with
unique success.
On both sides, Mr. Lloyd's parentage connects him with
Carmarthenshire. He was born at Llandovery. His father was
the late Captain M. Pryse Lloyd, J.P., D.L., of Glansevin, who died
in 1893, and his mother a daughter of the late Colonel Gwynne, of
Glanbrane Park, Carmarthenshire. Mr. Lloyd was educated at
Bath, London, and Brussels.
The Lloyds have long been an influential family in Carmar-
thenshire, and in the Church of St. Cadoc, Llangadock, there are
several memorial tablets to members of the family of Lloyd of
Glansevin and Dan-y-rallt.
Mr. Lloyd is a Conservative and a member of the Junior
Constitutional and Junior Conservative Clubs.
JOHN C. HAKFORD, Esy., J.P., D.L.
CDarks Barford,
ONE of the most active public men in the Countv of ( rirdigan,
Mr. John Charles Harford, J.P., D.L.. ot i;a , undale,
Lampeter, is still on the right side of fifty, so that he may
look forward to rendering for many years such useful public service
as has already gained for him a great measure of esteem. He was
born at Stoke Bishop, near Bristol, on July jSth, 1860, being the
elder son of the late John Battersby Harford, Esq., J.P., D.L., !
his marriage with Mary Charlotte, daughter of His ExreJUn y
Baron Bunsen, formerly Prussian Envoy Extraordinary ud
Minister Plenipotentiary ir. _omk>it, the latter's wife -1* uij.' a
daughter of James WaddingUm, of Llanover, co Mcnini-julh.
Mr. J. C. Harford repres*-:nt-:. 4 family which, migrating from
Marshfield, co. Gloucester, set tits? at Bristol in the course of the
seventeenth century. His paternal grandfather was the late
Abraham Gray Harford. Esq., of Stoke House, co. Gloucester, who
assumed by Act of Parliament the name and arms of Battersby on
inheriting the estate of his kinsman, William Battersby. He was
married to Elizabeth, daughter of Major-Geoeral Dundas, of
Fingask and Carron Haii, member of a famous Scottish house, and
JOHN C. HAKI OKD,. JLso., J.P., D.L.
3ol)ti Cftarles Barford,
ONE of the most active public men in the County of Cardigan,
Mr. John Charles Harford, J.P., D.L., of Falcondale,
Lampeter, is still on the right side of fifty, so that he may
look forward to rendering for many years such useful public service
as has already gained for him a great measure of esteem. He was
born at Stoke Bishop, near Bristol, on July 28th, 1860, being the
elder son of the late John Battersby Harford, Esq., J.P., D.L., by
his marriage with Mary Charlotte, daughter of His Excellency
Baron Bunsen, formerly Prussian Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary in London, the latter's wife being a
daughter of James Waddington, of Llanover, co. Monmouth.
Mr. J. C. Harford represents a family which, migrating from
Marshfield, co. Gloucester, settled at Bristol in the course of the
seventeenth century. His paternal grandfather was the late
Abraham Gray Harford, Esq., of Stoke House, co. Gloucester, who
assumed by Act of Parliament the name and arms of Battersby on
inheriting the estate of his kinsman, William Battersby. He was
married to Elizabeth, daughter of Major-General Dundas, of
Fingask and Carron Hall, member of a famous Scottish house, and
died in 1851. His elder son, Mr. J. C. Harford's father, succeeded
to the estates of his uncle in 1866, the latter gentleman, John
Scandrett Harford, Esq., J.P., D.L., D.C.L., F.R.S., of Blaise
Castle, who was married to a daughter of Richard Hart Davies,
Esq., for many years Member of Parliament for Bristol, having
died without issue. Mr. John Charles Harford, who was educated
at Harrow, succeeded his father in 1875, and married on April iith,
1893, Blanche Amabel, second daughter of the Right Hon. Henry
Cecil Raikes, P.C., J.P., D.L., of Llwynegrin, Mold, co. Flint.
The right hon. gentleman, who died in 1891, had a distinguished
Parliamentary career, being for six 'years Chairman of Ways and
Means and Deputy-Speaker of the House of Commons, and after-
wards, from 1886 to 1891, Postmaster-General in Lord Salisbury's
Administration.
Mr. Harford is perhaps best known in Cardiganshire as a
politician. He has for many years fought strenuously for the
Conservative cause in Cardiganshire, twice contesting the County
representation in Parliament, but despite his excellent qualities as
a vigorous and influential candidate, he was unable to defeat the
traditional Liberalism of the constituency. Nevertheless, his
splendid services for the Party in the County are readily acknow-
ledged on all hands, and defeat at the polls has in no wise checked
his ardour or slackened his enthusiasm for principles he has
advocated with much courage and consistency for many years.
His devotion to public duties in the County is a pleasing
feature in his career, and one concerning which all parties gladly
concede his integrity and usefulness. A Deputy- Lieutenant of
Cardiganshire, he is on the Commission of the Peace for that
County and also for Gloucestershire, and takes a prominent part in
affairs in the neighbourhood of Lampeter, where he is Lord of the
Manor. He is a member of the Council of the University College
of Wales, Aberystwyth, and a member of the Council of St.
David's College, devoting to both offices much careful attention,
as he does to all business which he undertakes. He is Chairman
of the Four Counties' Farm, and a Trustee of the Diocese of St.
David's. He was High Sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1885, and has
done good service as an Alderman of the County Council.
It goes almost without the saying that Mr. Harford is a keen
sportsman. He is an enthusiastic follower of hounds, indulges in a
good deal of shooting in the season, and is also a motorist.
Mr. Harford, whose wife died in August, 1904, has two sons
and one daughter. In addition to his Cardiganshire seat, he is the
owner of Blaise Castle, Henbury, Bristol. He is a member of the
Junior Carlton Club.
C. C. ROGERS, Es«., M.A., J.P., D.L.
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CHROUGHOUT Radnorshire Mr. C. C. Rulers, of S
Park, is popularly regarded as one wbo has
County with untiring and, moreover, with a
-access which can be readily appreciated by ail who know
qualifications as a leader in public affairs. Ir, would p<
inisleading to associate his activities exciii^iVf.-iy with 1-.
e, for his public work and useful ve extended I
ders of that County. Yet. it is v that ti
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CHROUGHOUT Radnorshire Mr. C. C. Rogers, of Stanage
Park, is popularly regarded as one who has served the
County with untiring energy and, moreover, with a measure
of success which can be readily appreciated by all who know of his
many qualifications as a leader in public affairs. It would perhaps
be misleading to associate his activities exclusively with Radnor-
shire, for his public work and usefulness have extended beyond the
borders of that County. Yet it is with that shire that the greater
part of his public work has been identified. No one could have
filled with greater distinction the important office of High Sheriff
of Radnorshire than did Mr. Rogers in 1882, though he was called
upon to discharge the responsibilities of that position at a
comparatively early age.
Yet it was only in 1884 when Mr. Rogers, then in his
thirtieth year, gained election as a Liberal as Member of Parliament
for Radnor Borough. After the Redistribution ot Seats Act in
1885, when the representation of the Radnor District of Boroughs
was merged into that ot the County, Mr. Rogers again contested
the constituency, but that time he was unsuccessful. Since then
he has not sought Parliamentary honours for himself, although his
assistance to his Party has been of an active and valuable character.
In the public life of the County he has for many years been
prominent, exercising an influence on the administration of the
County that has had most pleasing recognition. A County
Councillor in the first County Council under the 1888 Act, and
afterwards an Alderman of the Radnorshire County Authority, he
has since 1896 occupied the position of Chairman, and being also
Chairman of the Educational Authority for the County, may be
said to have directed a large and important share of public work.
To his able conduct in the chair, much of the efficiency of both
bodies is acknowledged to be due. His knowledge and experience
and his ability to grasp the many details of present day local
administration render him an ideal leader, while his tact and
geniality are other factors in his undoubted popularity. Mr.
Rogers is a Justice of the Peace for three Counties — Radnorshire,
Shropshire, and Herefordshire, is a Deputy-Lieutenant for the
first-named shire, and since 1885 has been Chairman of the
Knighton Petty Sessions. He is also Chairman of the Standing
Joint Committee and Chairman of the County Governing Body.
The services of Mr. Rogers to agriculture have been
considerable. He has been a member of the Council of the Royal
Agricultural Society since 1896, and since 1906 has been the
representative member on the Council for five Counties in South
Wales. As Vice-President of the Welsh Cob and Pony Society
and as Chairman of the Editing Committee, his services to that
body have been highly valued, he having written a good many
essays on the history of Welsh cobs and ponies and made out
their full pedigrees (some 150) for the Welsh Stud Book.
Mr. Rogers is also the author of an educational treatise
dealing with " Intermediate Education and Rural Exodus." For
some years — with a few breaks — he has conducted a Choral Society
at Knighton, comprising over a hundred voices.
Mr. Rogers belongs to a very old Shropshire family. The
THE RESIDENCE OF CHARLES C. Iv
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Roger
as*i*tftOre to his Party has been of an active and valuable character.
In the public bfe of the County he has for many years been
prominent, exercising an influence on the administration of the
County that has had most pleasing recognition. A County
Councillor in the first County Council under the 1888 Act, and
afterwards an Alderman of the Radnorshire County Authority, he
has since 1^96 occupied the position of Chairman, and being also
Chairman of tl.e Educational Authority for the County, may be
ssid to have directed a large and important share of public work.
To his abi"? conduct in the chair, much of the efficiency of both
bodies is ;r;,ktv.r.* (edged to be due. His knowledge and experience
and his ^bilitv to grasp the many details of present day local
administration render him an ideal leader, while his tact and
aiit .-.r factors in his undoubted popularity. Mr.
•1 the Peace for three Counties — Radnorshire,
•v a >'>rdshire, is; a Deputy-Lieutenant for the
&T..t «"•-•.! ^nce 1885 has been Chairman of the
Knight' <vms, lie is also Chairman 'of the Standing
loinl C ! Chairman of the County Governing Body.
Tbf services of Mr. Rogers to agriculture have been
considerable tie has been a member of the Council of the Royal
Agricultural. Society since 1896, and since 1906 has been the
representative member on the Council for five Counties in South
Wales. As Vice-President of the Welsh Cob and Pony Society
and as Chairman of the Editing Committee, his services to that
body have been highly valued, he having written a good many
essays on the history of Welsh cobs and ponies and made out
their full pedigrees (some 150) for the Welsh Stud Book.
Mr. Rogers is also the author of an educational treatise
dealing with " Intermediate Education and Rural Exodus." For
some years — with a few breaks — he has conducted a Choral Society
at Knighton, comprising over a hundred voices.
Mr. Rogers belongs to a very old Shropshire family. The
STANAGE PARK.
THE RESIDENCE OF CHARLES C. ROGERS, Esy., M.A., J.P. D.L.
direct ancestor of the family was Robert de Norbury, of North
Lydbury, Salop, whose great-grandson, Roger de Norbury, married
Margery, daughter of Thomas Schire de la Home, and became
possessed of estates in Home in 1314. Their son, John Rogers
de la Home, took the surname of Rogers from his father's Christian
name, and by deed in 1363 obtained from Philip le Mercer all his
estate in Home, where he became settled. Continuously through
the succeeding centuries his descendants have held the estate of
Home.
Born May i2th, 1854, Mr. Rogers was the eldest son of the
late Rev. John Rogers, M.A., J.P., of The Home, and of Stanage
Park, by his marriage with Charlotte Victoria, daughter of the Rev.
Francis Stonehewer Newbold, D.D. He was educated at Eton
and graduated a B.A. at Brasenose College, Oxford, and married,
November 6th, 1888, Muriel Augusta Gillian, daughter of Major
Frederick Barclay Chapman, late I4th Hussars, of Stonehouse
Court, co. Gloucester. A painting of Mrs. Rogers, by G. F. Watts,
R.A., has been exhibited three times in London since 1894.
Mr. Rogers succeeded his father in 1878. In Stanage Park
he possesses a charming seat, while his estates, which are of
considerable extent, are maintained in excellent condition,
indicating the deep interest he takes in the welfare of his tenantry
and in rural pursuits generally.
Mr. Rogers is a member of Brooks's, New University, and
Orleans Clubs. He is a Liberal Unionist in politics.
C. DILLWYN-VENABLES-LLEWELYN, ESQ., J.P.
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. Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn, J.P., D.L., of Llysdinam
Hall, Breconshire, is the only surviving son of Sir John
Talbot Dillwyn-Llewelyn, Bt., of Penliergare, Glamorgan-
shire. By Royal Licence in June, 1893, he assumed the surname: of
Venables in addition to and before that of Llewellyn, and after that
of Dillwyn, and the arms of Venables quarterly with his own family
arms. He married, August 23rdr 1893. Katherir iru, elder
daughter and co-heiress of the late Rev. Richard LLJ.tr Waabies, of
Llysdinam.
Belonging to a notable Welsh family, Mr. i>JIw\n-Venabl*s-
Llewelyn traces descent from Jeffreys D:i«ryn, of Langorse, most of
whose descendants towards the close of the seventeenth century
adopted the Welsh custom by taking the surname of Jeffreys.
It was about the year 1699 when WiiiJam Dilwyn, with his friend
>vernor Penn, left Brecsrishire and emigrated* to Philadelphia,
ere he settled, his son eve: tarrying the daughu-r and heiress
George Painter, Esq.. >rd, Pennsylvania, an emigrant
''roomhill, in the parish of Dale, co 1 e. A son of
that marriage, William Dillwyn, Esq r carryover to England, and,
DILI. wvN-Yi. \\HLKS-LLE\VELYN, ESQ., J.P.
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mR. Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn, J.P., D.L., of Llysdinam
Hall, Breconshire, is the only surviving son of Sir John
Talbot Dillwyn-Llewelyn, Bt., of Penllergare, Glamorgan-
shire. By Royal Licence in June, 1893, he assumed the surname of
Venables in addition to and before that of Llewellyn, and after that
of Dillwyn, and the arms of Venables quarterly with his own family
arms. He married, August 23rd, 1893, Katharine Minna, elder
daughter and co-heiress of the late Rev. Richard Lister Venables, of
Llysdinam.
Belonging to a notable Welsh family, Mr. Dillwyn-Venables-
Llewelyn traces descent from Jeffreys Dilwyn, of Langorse, most of
whose descendants towards the close of the seventeenth century
adopted the Welsh custom by taking the surname of Jeffreys.
It was about the year 1699 when William Dilwyn, with his friend
Governor Penn, left Breconshire and emigrated to Philadelphia,
where he settled, his son eventually marrying the daughter and heiress
of George Painter, Esq., of Haverford, Pennsylvania, an emigrant
from Broomhill, in the parish of Dale, co. Pembroke. A son of
that marriage, William Dillwyn, Esq., came over to England, and,
marrying a daughter and heiress of Lewis Weston, Esq., of High
Hall, Essex, settled at Higham Lodge, Walthamstow.
With the latter's son, Lewis Weston Dillwyn, Esq., F.R.S.,
J.P., D.L., M.P., commenced the association of the family
with Penllergare and Ynis-y-gerwn, Glamorgan, he marrying in 1807,
Mary, daughter of John Llewelyn, of those seats. John, the elder
son of that marriage, assumed the additional surname of Llewelyn,
and married in 1833, Emma Thomasina, daughter of Thomas
Mansel Talbot, Esq., of Margam Abbey and Penrice Castle,
Glamorgan. It was their only son — the Baronet already mentioned —
who was the father of the subject of this sketch.
Sir John, who has been for many years a prominent and much
respected figure in the public and social life of Glamorgan and the
whole of South Wales, was born in 1836, and educated at Eton and
Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated. As far back as
1878 he filled the office of High Sheriff of Glamorganshire, of which
County he is a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy-Lieutenant, being
also on the Commission of the Peace for Carmarthen. Exceedingly
active in the discharge of public duties, he was for some'years Chairman
of the Glamorganshire Quarter Sessions, and is still an Alderman of
the County Council and a Director of the Great Western Railway.
With the busy life of Swansea Sir John has been intimately
associated. He represented the Borough in Parliament from
1895-1900, and was its Mayor in 1891, a year after he was created
a Baronet. No name is more honoured among sporting circles in
South Wales, Sir John, who was for some years Captain of
the South Wales Cricket Eleven and President of the Welsh Rugby
Football Union, having always striven to maintain high ideals in our
national games. He married, in 1861, Caroline Julie, eldest
daughter of the late Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, 8th Bt.
Mr. Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn was born at Ynis-y-gerwn,
Neath, on June 2Qth, 1870, and was educated at Eton and
New College, Oxford. Like his father, he has shown considerable
aptitude for public life, and having made a special study of political
questions, has rendered the Conservative Party valuable service in a
variety of ways. His personal efforts have been mainly centred in
the County of Radnor, where he has unsuccessfully contested two
General Elections — 1900 and 1906 — earning both the gratitude and
confidence of his followers by his strenuous yet scrupulously fair
fighting for the highest principles of Conservatism. A Justice of the
Peace for three Counties — Brecon, Radnor, and Glamorgan — he
is also Deputy-Lieutenant for Breconshire.
Concerned as he is in the welfare of the agricultural industry,
Mr. Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn displays much interest in all rural
pursuits which affect the general welfare of the community.
Shooting and fishing are among his most favoured recreative
pursuits; and much of his time is devoted to his duties as Major of the
Glamorgan Imperial Yeomanry, all members of which recognise in
their " second in command " an enthusiastic and capable officer.
By his marriage with the elder daughter of the late Rev.
Richard Lister Venables, Mr. Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn is allied
to an old and influential family. The paternal grandfather of
Mrs. Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn was the Ven. Richard Venables,
of Llysdinam Hall, Archdeacon of Carmarthen, who married
in 1808, Sophia daughter of George Lister, Esq., of Girsby,
co. Lincoln. The elder of three sons was the Rev. R. L. Venables,
M.A., J.P., D.L., late Rector of Clyro, Radnorshire. He married
(first), in 1834, Mary Augusta Dalrymple, daughter of General
Poltoratzky, of Russia, and widow of Francis J. Adam, Esq., and
(secondly), in 1867, Agnes Minna, youngest daughter of Henry
Shepherd Pearson, Esq. He died in 1894, leaving two daughters, a
son having died in 1876.
H, MARTVX KKNNARD, ESQ., J.P., D.L., F.R.G.S.
fienrp Iflartpn mnnar<!,
ON no subject perhaps does the Englishman exhibit r.
healthy pride than on that which concerns the
progress and development of our Empire during '•'
tury — a progress which has coincided with the n
•aounced advance in matters of science and intellectual r
.ong the learned societies of our country the work <
appeals more forcibly to the natural instincts of the \r, >han
the Royal Geographical Society, whose labours, c<
-eously pursued v •-••• -j:rj-.t bearing up
al expansion, -liuj
reputation in one of the most allur
ional usefulness.
Mr. H. Martyn Ken; . owndes Squ«t ion,
\ Keroehill, Falkirk, N.B., at. co
imouth, may therefore be w
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ficnrp martpu Kcnnara,
3.P., D.£., F.R.6.S.
ON no subject perhaps does the Englishman exhibit a more
healthy pride than on that which concerns the remarkable
progress and development of our Empire during the past
century — a progress which has coincided with the not less
pronounced advance in matters of science and intellectual research.
Among the learned societies of our country the work of none
appeals more forcibly to the natural instincts of the people than
the Royal Geographical Society, whose labours, quietly yet
courageously pursued, have had a very direct bearing upon our
Colonial expansion, while maintaining the country's prestige and
reputation in one of the most alluring fields of scientific and
national usefulness.
Mr. H. Martyn Kennard, of 63, Lowndes Square, London,
and Keroehill, Falkirk, N.B., and late of Crumlin Hall, co.
Monmouth, may therefore be warmly congratulated on his Fellow-
ship in the Royal Geographical Society. It is a healthy and public-
spirited interest which expends itself on a Society that expressly
takes under its aegis a science which concerns the manufacturer
and the merchant no less than it does the scholar and the savant.
Mr. Kennard, who has an unique collection of Egyptian antiquities,
is more directly concerned in Egyptian research, and there are few
pursuits of a similar character which during recent decades have
been attended with such successful results or have opened up such
fascinating scope for the study of the expert.
Born in Middlesex on February lyth, 1833, Mr. Kennard is
the eldest surviving son of the late Robert William Kennard, Esq.,
J.P., of Theobalds, Herts, by his marriage with Mary Ann, daughter
of Thomas Challis, Esq., M.P. for Finsbury. His paternal grand-
father, the late John Kennard, Esq., of Clapham, Surrey, was a
banker in the City of London. His father was a prominent
merchant in the City, Member of Parliament for Newport, Isle of
Wight, and Sheriff of London and Middlesex. He was a Justice of
the Peace for the Counties of Herts, Middlesex, and Stirling, a
Deputy-Lieutenant for Monmouthshire, and Chevalier of the Order
of Leopold of Belgium. He died in 1870. Mr. Martyn Kennard,
who was educated at Radley College, Oxford, married in 1858
Katherine Anne, youngest daughter of the Rev. George Thomas,
of Ystrad Mynach, co. Glamorgan, who died in 1875, leaving one
son and one daughter.
Mr. Kennard is a Justice of the Peace for the Counties of
Glamorgan and Monmouth, and Deputy-Lieutenant of the latter,
which he served as High Sheriff in 1863. He has been one of the
foremost Freemasons of Monmouthshire, highly honoured as
Provincial Grand Master, and held in great esteem by the members
of the craft, as he is by all who know him as a travelled, cultured,
and warm-hearted English gentleman. Politically, Mr. Kennard
is a convinced Tariff Reformer. He is a member of the Carlton
Club.
ABRAHAM GARKOD THOMAS, ESQ., M.D., U.L., J.P.
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DR. Garrod Thomas was born at Panteryrod, near Aberayron, in
1853. He is the youngest son of the late Mr. Lewis Thomas i
the family is familiarly known in the district as " Vr Adar."
where it enjoys widespread esteem.
After receiving a good prelimin? •jijc^tion he
medical student in the University -\f Edinburgh, graduating
Bachelor of Medicine and Master iu Surgery in 1876, and in
same year becoming a Member of the Royal College of
England; in 1878 he took tlv degree of Doctor of Me'ii-;i:v.
Edinburgh.
. After graduating in 1876 he went abroad to the Universities
of Berlin and Vienna, where there is a wide field for post graduates
study any special branch they may choose to take up. On
returning from the Continent he settled down in Newport, Mon.,
and in 1879 married Eleanor, only child of the late Mr. R. H,
AHKAHAM GARKOD THOMAS, ESQ., M.D., D.L., J.P.
flbraftam fiarrod Cftomas,
DR. Garrod Thomas was born at Panteryrod, near Aberayron, in
1853. He is the youngest son of the late Mr. Lewis Thomas i
the family is familiarly known in the district as " Yr Adar,"
where it enjoys widespread esteem.
After receiving a good preliminary education he became a
medical student in the University of Edinburgh, graduating as
Bachelor of Medicine and Master in Surgery in 1876, and in the
same year becoming a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of
England; in 1878 he took the degree of Doctor of Medicine of
Edinburgh.
After graduating in 1876 he went abroad to the Universities
of Berlin and Vienna, where there is a wide field for post-graduates
to study any special branch they may choose to take up. On
returning from the Continent he settled down in Newport, Mon.,
and in 1879 married Eleanor, only child of the late Mr. R. H.
Richards, himself a Cardiganshire man, and who like most
" Cardis " had a warm affection to the end of his life for the old
County. Mr. Richards bequeathed £"1,000 to found the " R. H.
Richards" Scholarship to natives of Cardiganshire at the University
College of Wales, Aberystwyth. In virtue of this Dr. and Mrs.
Garrod Thomas were on the proposition of the late Lord Aberdare
elected Life Governors of the College.
Dr. Thomas enjoys the esteem of his medical brethren alike
for his professional and personal qualities, and was elected President
of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Branch of the British
Medical Association in 1900-01. In the same year he served as
High Sheriff for Cardiganshire, an honour which he much enjoyed,
as it brought him into contact with so many of the public men of the
County. The High Sheriffs of that year had the rare if not unique
experience of serving in two centuries and under two Sovereigns :
at the luncheon at the first Assize the loyal toast of the Queen was
honoured and at the second Assize that of the King.
While acting as Physician to the Newport and Monmouth-
shire Hospital he became increasingly conscious of the inadequacy
of the then Buildings to the needs of the progressive district it
served. He also felt that any moneys devoted to improving it would
be ill-spent, and in 1895, on behalf of his wife and himself, he
offered on certain conditions to subscribe £5,000 towards erecting
a new Hospital — an offer which was at once nobly taken up and
responded to by the whole Town and County from the Lord Lieu-
tenant, the Duke of Beaufort, down. Lord Tredegar (the present
Lord Lieutenant) gave the ground — a large and ideal site — and
otherwise encouraged the scheme ; he also laid the Foundation Stone
in 1897, and in 1901 the present elegant structure was opened, fully
equipped, admirably arranged, and free from debt. One of the
wards is named " The Eleanor Ward," after Mrs. Thomas. Our
subject is now Consulting Physician and Chairman of the Board of
Governors.
Dr. Garrod Thomas is a Deputy- Lieutenant and Magistrate
for Monmouthshire ; he is also on the Commission of the Peace
for Cardiganshire and for Newport County Borough.
Further outlet for his energies he finds as a member of the
Council and Governing Body of the University Colleges of
Aberystwyth and Cardiff.
He is a Liberal in politics.
K. W. LLEWELLYN, ESQ., J.P., D.L.
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REPRESENTATIVE of the well-known Glamorgan*.'
of Llewellyn of Baglan Hall and Court Cohnan,
iliam Llewellyn, J.P., D.L., was born at (.
near Bridgend, 01: -.8, being the elder and
surviving son of the late William Llewellyn, Esq., J.I
Court Colman, by his marriage inor Emma, u
the late Rev. Robert Knight, mrt, co. G
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D.L., of Court Colman, a S<
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REPRESENTATIVE of the well-known Glamorganshire family
of Llewellyn of Baglan Hall and Court Colman, Mr. Robert
William Llewellyn, J.P., D.L., was born at Court Colman,
near Bridgend, on May 26th, 1848, being the elder and now only
surviving son of the late William Llewellyn, Esq., J.P., D.L., of
Court Colman, by his marriage with Eleanor Emma, daughter of
the late Rev. Robert Knight, of Tythegston Court, co. Glamorgan.
Mr. Llewellyn's grandfather was William Llewellyn, Esq., J.P.,
D.L., of Court Colman, a Surgeon of the Royal Navy, who married
Catherine, eldest daughter of Thomas Dumayne Place, Esq., of
Glyn Leiros, Neath, and died in 1840, leaving an only son — Mr.
Llewellyn's father.
Educated 'at King's School, Sherborne, and afterwards at
Brighton College, Mr. R. W. Llewellyn was for a short time Cornet
in the Royal Dragoons and subsequently Captain in the Royal
Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia. He has for many years rendered
very acceptable public service in the County, the character of
which, coupled with his wide and generous sympathies, accounts
for the great esteem in which he is held. He is a Justice of the
Peace and Deputy-Lieutenant for Glamorganshire, and has for more
than twenty years been Chairman of the Newcastle and Ogmore
Petty Sessions. The Church of All Saints' at Pen-y-vai, near
Bridgend, a chapel of ease to Newcastle, was erected a few years
ago by Mr. Llewellyn, who also provides the curate's stipend. He
is patron of the living of Baglan, the church of St. Catherine having
been erected in 1882 in place of the old church by the late Griffith
Llewellyn, Esq., J.P., D.L., of Baglan Hall.
Mr. Llewellyn married on November 22nd, 1882, Harriet
Annie, youngest daughter of William Blandy, Esq., of Kingston,
Bagpews, Berks. They have four sons and two daughters. Mr.
Llewellyn is in politics a Unionist, and is a member of the Travel-
lers' Club.
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than twenty years been Chairman of the Newcastle and Ogmore
Petty Sessions. The Church of All Saints' at Pen-y-vai, near
Bridgend, a chapel of ease to Newcastle, was erected a few years
ago by Mr. Llewellyn, who also provides the curate's stipend. He
is patron of the living of Baglan, the church of St. Catherine having
been erected in 1882 in place of the old church by the late Griffith
Llewellyn, Esq., J.P., D.L., of Baglan Hall.
Mr. Lie*' Hiyn married on November 22nd, 1882, Harriet
Annie, youngest daughter of William Blandy, Esq., of Kingston,
Bagpews, Berks. They have four sons and two daughters. Mr.,
Llewellyn is in politics a Unionist, and is a member of the Travel-
lers' Club.
BAGLAX HALL.
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ITC.fl., D.D., 3.P.
Dean of Gloucester and Professor of Ancient fiistorp at tbe
Ropal flcademp.
PERHAPS nothing in the career of the Dean of Gloucester is
so marked — certainly nothing is at once so striking and
obvious a trait in his character - as his great love for the
Church he has so faithfully served for many years. Endowed with
brilliant gifts, his scholarship alone commands the highest respect
of his fellows. Intellectually, he has for many years been a force
in contemporary thought, but the Church must have lacked the
fullest power of a peculiarly strong personality had he not ever been
actuated by the deepest devotion to a sacred institution whose
cherished traditions are to him a never-failing source of hope and
inspiration. He once wrote in a quite impersonal sense of the
patient zeal of the lynx-eyed antiquary and the painful industry of
the tireless scholar. Few men of the time have better reason to
appreciate the significance of this terse tribute to those who live
laborious days in difficult fields of intellectual research. Deeply
read as he is in many realms of knowledge, he has approached no
subject with such convincing earnestness as has marked his study
of the Church of England and the words of Holy Writ. For the
National Church he has that close affection which gives an
unmistakable force and emphasis to all his work. In a just
appreciation of its history, he finds a keener love for the faith and
a heritage that inspires veneration, so that his labours have rather
gained in earnestness and value than suffered from any too close
application to the affairs of bygone days. Certainly no man had
clearer insight into the glorious possibilities of the Church in the
present stage of its history. All his work is characterised by the
enthusiasm of one who appreciates with practical thankfulness the
privilege of living in a golden age when the opportunities for service
are so vast.
The eldest son of the late George Spence, Esq., Q.C., an
eminent jurist, Dr. Spence-Jones was born in Pall Mall on January
i4th, 1836. Educated first at Westminster School and afterwards
at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, his University career was
one of exceptional brilliance and promise. He obtained the Carus
Undergraduate Prize in 1862, and First Class in the Voluntary
Theological Tripos in 1865, while in 1865 and 1866 he secured the
Carus and Scholefield University Prizes. He graduated B.A. in
1864 and M.A. in 1866. In 1865 he was appointed Professor ol
English Literature and Modern Languages and Hebrew Lecturer
at St. David's College, Lampeter.
It was in 1870 that Dr. Spence-Jones commenced his long
active association with the City of Gloucester, being appointed
Rector of St. Mary de Crypt with All Saints and St. Owen, and in
the same year Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Gloucester and
Bristol (Dr. Ellicott). He remained in Gloucester for seven years,
acting during the last two as Principal of the Gloucester
Theological College. In 1877 the Vicarage of St. Pancras, London,
was presented to him by Queen Victoria, and in the same year he
was appointed Rural Dean of St. Pancras. Ten years he spent in
London, returning to Gloucester in 1887, when he was appointed
by the Crown to the Deanery. This office he has held ever since,
while in 1906 he was appointed Professor of Ancient History in the
Royal Academy in succession to Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb,
M.P. for the University of Cambridge and Regius Professor of
Greek. Among Dean Spence-Jones's predecessors in this office were
Gibbon, the Historian, and Oliver Goldsmith. Whilst at St. Pancras
he was an Honorary Canon of Gloucester, and he is Chaplain to
the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. He was Select Preacher at
Cambridge in 1883, 1887, 1901, and 1905, and at Oxford in 1893,
and has been of late years a frequent preacher at St. Paul's,
Westminster Abbey, and the Temple. Dean Spence-Jones married
in 1871 Louise Madeline Maria, daughter of the late David Jones,
Esq., M.P., J.P., D.L., of Pantglas, Carmarthenshire, the additional
surname of Jones and the arms of Spence quarterly being assumed
by Royal Licence in 1904, Mrs. Spence-Jones having succeeded
to the estates of her family on the death of her only surviving
brother in September, 1903.
It would be difficult to say in which of his varied spheres of
activity the Dean of Gloucester has rendered the greatest service.
In all his work has been of a high order. His literary activity has
been wonderful, and as an expositor he has won a high reputation
for work of more than ordinary penetration. The labour he
devoted to his Editorship of the " Pulpit Commentary," of which
there are no fewer than forty-seven volumes, has gained for him
the gratitude of thousands who know the value of this stupendous
Work. He is the Author of the commentary on St. Luke's Gospel,
which occupies two volumes in the edition. In Bishop Ellicott's
" Commentary" he is the Author of chapters dealing with the First
Book of Samuel and Pastoral Epistles, while, jointly with Dean
Howson, he has commented on the Acts of the Apostles in Dr.
Schaft's "Anglo-American Commentary." He is the Editor of
11 The Teaching of the Apostles," a translation from the Greek
text with notes and dissertations. " Dreamland and History" — a
chronicle of the Norman Dukes — " Cloister Life in the Days of
Cceur de Lion," " The White Robe of Churches of the Eleventh
Century," "The Golden Age of the Church" — fourth century studies —
" Christianity and Paganism," &c., all from his prolific pen, are
works which exhibit rich literary style and comprehensive research.
Perhaps Dean Spence-Jones's most popular work is his
" History of the Church of England," which was published in
1904. With this production he has placed the Church under a
distinct obligation. The work of one whose wide knowledge on the
subject is acknowledged by all contemporary students, the four
volumes which contain the eventful history of the Anglican Church
were written designedly for the people, and as such the Work has
already exerted an influence which must well repay the well-directed
labour of its industrious and distinguished Author. The history
is very happily dedicated, viz., " To Victoria, Queen and Empress,
these chronicles of the Church of England, written for the people
over whom she and her illustrious ancestors have ruled for more
than a thousand years, are by her gracious permission dedicated."
This story of the Church of England, traced with the care
of the practised historian, and told in the convincing language of
an able and broad-minded theologian, is a notable contribution to
ecclesiastical literature, and even apart from its special object has
an importance of some national value. Dean Spence-Jones
recognises that " in no country of Christendom is the story of the
Church so closely bound up with its national life and progress as
in England ; in no other country has it played so important a part.
Among the various influences that have combined to make the
England of the nineteenth century, with its boundless power and
its measureless responsibilities, the Church must rank as the first
and chiefest."
Nothing in the fascinating pages of the Work indicates
better the spirit in which the Author has undertaken a task of such
a laborious if an agreeable nature than the following passage from
the introductory chapter : —
" Not once or twice in the long and many-coloured history
the melancholy record of decay in spiritual fervour and intellectual
activity occurs and recurs ; a decay, however, always succeeded by
a period of splendid activities and reawakened zeal and devotion.
Such a golden period of reawakened devotion and energy has
occurred in this present nineteenth century, shared in alike by both
the great parties into which the Anglican Church is divided. It
has been shared in by the earnest men who love and reverence the
traditions of their saintly fathers with a beautiful and touching
devotion, which perhaps now and again shades into something
like superstition and even formalism ; shared in also by those who,
while fervent lovers ot Christ and imitators of His servant Paul,
are perhaps too ready to despise traditions, however holy, and
customs and rites, however saintly and venerable. The present
golden age of spiritual fervour and intellectual activity is the
outcome of the restless work alike of High Churchmen and Low
Churchmen, whose healthy rivalry is not the least among the
sources of the life and power of the immortal Church of England,
and both of whom alike share her heritage of the past."
Of the enormous activity, the growth in population and in
our national wealth and power, which marked the second half of
the nineteenth century, Dean Spence-Jones writes with the
knowledge of an observant scholar, and this section of his work is
not the least valuable of a remarkable contribution to the Church's
literature. In the quiet wisdom and devoted patriotism of Queen
Victoria, he recognises a very appreciable force in our national
prosperity, while of the important part played by the Church of
England, his views may be well summed up in the statement that
its influence has never been so great or so far-reaching. One of
Lord Beaconsfield's remarks is happily recalled. With the
cynicism of old age, the great statesman, lamenting over the loss of
much that was venerable and impressive, is reported to have said
" There are not many grand things left in England, but the
National Church is one of them."
Another work of peculiar historical value to which the
Church is indebted to the Dean of Gloucester is his " Early
Christianity and Paganism," an exhaustive study and analysis of
the progress of the faith from A.D. 64 to the peace of the Church
in the fourth century, the narration being mainly based upon
contemporary records and remains. This also is dedicated to
Queen Victoria: — "To the dear memory of Victoria, R.I., is
dedicated this chronicle, describing the building up of the strong
foundation storeys of the faith, of which for sixty-four years the
great English Queen was the illustrious Defender." The King
has graciously approved of this dedication, which her late Majesty
accepted only a few days before her death.
Well-versed in studies relating to the fundamental code of
the Jewish civil and canonical law, Dean Spence-Jones is the
author of several works on the Talmud, including the introduction
to the " Talmudical Commentary on Genesis." He is also the
author of " The Golden Age of the Church," a series of studies
in the fourth csntury ; while his contributions to the leading English
reviews and other periodical literature have been numerous. A
commentator of keen insight and rare power of forceful exposition,
and an historian whose work bears the mark of high spiritual
motive, Dean Spence-Jones is much more than an able theologian
and a cultured scholar. His personal influence has ever been a
strong moral force, and perhaps none of the famous men who have
occupied the Deanery at Gloucester have had within the Church
such a loyal and affectionate following, or have inspired in the
religious circles of the country such widespread confidence and
esteem.
The late George Spence, Esq., M.P., Q.C., the Dean's
father, who died in 1849, is known in legal circles as the Author
of an important work on "The Equitable Jurisdiction of the Court
of Chancery," which remains to this day the standard authority on
the intricate subject with which it deals. Son of Thomas Richard
Spence, Esq., of Hanover Square, he graduated at Glasgow
University, and in 1811 was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple,
of which he was subsequently Bencher and Treasurer. He
represented Reading and afterwards Ripon in Parliament, and
strongly advocated Chancery reform. A pioneer in the cause of
legal education, he was an original member of the Society for
Promoting the Amendment of the Law, founded in 1844. He was
married to Anne Kelsall, the daughter of a solicitor of Chester.
The family of Jones of Pantglas have long been landed
proprietors in South Wales, having been settled in the neighbour-
hood of Llandovery for upwards of three centuries. The late
David Jones, Esq., father of Mrs. Spence-Jones, was the eldest
son of John Jones, Esq., of Blaenos, and succeeded his grandfather
at Pantglas in 1840. He represented Carmarthenshire in
Parliament from 1851 to 1868, and was High Sheriff in 1845. He
was married in 1845 to Margaret Charlotte, eldest daughter of Sir
George Campbell, of Edenwood, co. Fife, and niece of Lord
Campbell, Lord Chief Justice. He died in 1869. Each of his
two sons was unmarried. Alfred Campbell Halyburton Jones, Esq.,
the elder son, died in 1878, and his brother, Frederick Arthur
Gerwyn Jones, Esq., who succeeded him, died in 1903, his sister,
Mrs. Spence-Jones, then succeeding to the property.
Pantglas, the seat of Mrs. Spence-Jones, is situated in the
parish of Llanfynydd, in the western division of the County of
Carmarthen. The mansion is a splendid example of the Italian
style of architecture, and the park surrounding it is about two
hundred acres in extent. Mrs. Spence-Jones is the principal
landowner in the parish. Both the Dean of Gloucester and Mrs.
Spence-Jones take a deep interest in the affairs of the district, and
their practical work in matters affecting the general well-being
of the people is much appreciated. Dean Spence-Jones is a Justice
of the Peace for Cardiganshire, and is a member of the Athenaeum
Club. His favourite amusement is working at mediaeval
ecclesiastical architecture, but his activities leave him with little
leisure.
The Dean of Gloucester and Mrs. Spence-Jones have one son —
Major Cecil John Herbert Spence-Jones, J.P., late of the Rifle
Brigade. He was born on May 3oth, 1873.
THE REV. T. K. DAYIES, B.D., J P.
Rco, Cbomas Rogers Dalies, B.D., XP,
CHE Rev. Thomas Rogers Davies, the versatile ami scholarly
clergyman who since 1891 has been Vicar of I.i.tiiddewi-brefi,
co. Cardigan, has parochial charge of one of the most interesting
villages among the many in Waies that share in the glorious
traditions of the Church in the Principality. Certainly, few other
parishes have in the past figured more prominently in the early history
of Welsh Christianity.
As its name implies, the Church of St. David on the Brefi is
dedicated to that Saint whose name has been for many coutnries
associated with the spot. The place once held a ingii j'-iition
amongst the ecclesiastical councils of Waies. Here in 5;-:. was held
the Synod for the purpose of checking the increasing heresy
of Pelagius which threatened to sap Welsh orthodoxy. Here on that
famous occasion were assembled the " Saiitts of AUJOU and Armorica,
the Saints of England, Ewias, and of th< Nurth, of Man and Powys,
and Anglesea, of Ireland and Gwynedd, Devonshire and Kent, of
Brecheiniog, country of Heroism , and of Maelienydd, desert region."
Tradition declares that St. David, addressing the multitude in
powerful language, was visited by a white dove which alighted on his
shoulder. Then the ground on which be was standing " gradually
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REV. T. K. DAVIES, B.D., J P.
Cfcc Rotx CDonias Rogers Daoics, B.D., J.p*
CHE Rev. Thomas Rogers Davies, the versatile and scholarly
clergyman who since 1891 has been Vicar of Llanddewi-brefi,
co. Cardigan, has parochial charge of one of the most interesting
villages among the many in Wales that share in the glorious
traditions of the Church in the Principality. Certainly, few other
parishes have in the past figured more prominently in the early history
of Welsh Christianity.
As its name implies, the Church of St. David on the Brefi is
dedicated to that Saint whose name has been for many centuries
associated with the spot. The place once held a high position
amongst the ecclesiastical councils of Wales. Here in 519 was held
the Synod for the purpose of checking the increasing heresy
of Pelagius which threatened to sap Welsh orthodoxy. Here on that
famous occasion were assembled the " Saints of Anjou and Armorica,
the Saints of England, Ewias, and of the North, of Man and Powys,
and Anglesea, of Ireland and Gwynedd, Devonshire and Kent, of
Brecheiniog, country of Heroism, and of Maelienydd, desert region."
Tradition declares that St. David, addressing the multitude in
powerful language, was visited by a white dove which alighted on his
shoulder. Then the ground on which he was standing " gradually
rose under him till it became a hill, from whence his voice, like a
loud sounding trumpet, was clearly heard and understood by all, both
near and far off, seven thousand persons, on the top of which hill a church
was afterwards built and stands till this day." It was at Llanddewi-
brefi, too, that the holy Dubricius, tired of the cares of office, gave up
the Archbishopric of Caerleon and retired to solitude and meditation
in Bardsey Island.
The Church was founded by Thomas Bee, Bishop of
St. David's, in 1187, but has been modernised. An ancient and still
imposing building of stone, it was originally cruciform, but
now consists only of chancel, nave, west porch, and a central
embattled tower. The ruins of the ancient collegiate establishment,
erected at the same time, are near the Church and are still called
Lluest Cantorion or Chanters' Residence. As with the miraculous
raising of the hill on which the Church stands, tradition is also
associated with the operations attending the erection of the edifice.
One of the yoke of oxen hauling stone up the hill failed and
died under its burden. Then, says tradition, the other ox bellowed
nine times, and the hill parted in such manner as to ease the
ascent and render easier the task of the surviving animal.
It is not difficult to picture the scene presented to a twelfth
century Brecon poet who wrote of a visit to Llanddewi-brefi that he
found himself among the "blessed wise ones and purified priests;
truth as a veil hanging over the altar ; noble matrons and a chorus
raised high to keep off the crowd, and most musical withal ; around
the place are generous cliffs, fair and gentle dwellings, much company,
wines, spiced ale, and orderly people."
The Rev. T. R. Davies is a native of Cardiganshire, having
been born at Berws, Bettws Leiki. He was educated at Ystradmeurig
and St. David's College, Lampeter, where he graduated in 1886, in
which year he took Holy Orders. Before his appointment to the
living of Llanddewi-brefi he held curacies at Penderyn, co. Brecon ;
King's Pyon, co. Hereford ; and Blaenavon, co. Monmouth. He ob-
tained his degree of B.D. in 1897.
As a parish priest the Rev. Mr. Davies devotes himself to his
varied duties with the highest purpose and with that broad sympathy
in the spiritual and material welfare of his parishioners that has won
their confidence and deepest esteem. His opportunities of good
service have been extended by able participation in public affairs, so
that his influence has been usefully exercised in many ways outside
the parish with which he is more directly connected. On the
Commission of the Peace for the County since 1901, he undertakes
a full share of magisterial work in the Penarth Petty Sessional
Division. He is a member of the Tregaron Board of Guardians and
Rural District Council, serves on the Parish Council, and is
a member of the Standing Joint Committee of the Police of the County.
A keen educationist, he renders particularly good service as one of
the Trustees of Ystradmeurig School, which has won a very high
reputation for its educational excellence. Mr. Davies is also Trustee
of the "Thomas D. Jones " Charity, that deceased benefactor, who
resided at Waenfawr, having bequeathed £100 per annum to the
Parish of Llanddewi-brefi.
Annexed to the living of Llanddewi-brefi is the Chapelry
of Llanhadarn Odwyn. Mr. Davies is the patron also of several
neighbouring Churches, is Surrogate for St. David's Diocese,
and among many extra parochial duties that he willingly undertakes
is the Hon. Secretaryship of the Additional Curates' Society. He is
widely respected for his genuine interest in the best welfare of his
people and for the thoroughness with which he enters into the
life of the district. He is interested in the principal rural pursuits,
and is a patron of all pure and healthy sport. In politics Mr. Davies
is a Conservative.
THE REV. D. GRIFFITHS, J.P.
Cbe Reix Daniel
CLANGRANOG since 1892 has had as its Rector Daniel
Griffiths. Those in other parts of the County who know the
character of the reverend gentleman — his large-hearted
sympathies and his deep devotion to the work of a parish priest —
will account Llangranog fortunate. But of this one may be certain,
that they will not surpass the parishioners themselves in their deep
and genuine affection for a man who has in a very real and person A)
sense been a trusted friend to all. One of the Welsh poets hjpp;iy
expresses the relationship of Llangranog and its Rector .
Who in the place that does more than his part
To lessen poverty and help the weak ?
The man who tells his nation how to live
Is the best Christian, like our Lord our God.
. Amongst Llangranog hills, what magistrate
That offers comfort to the brink of grave ?
The kindest man — of purest energy,
And fittest one to heal all kinds of wounds,
Is this my hero of a Parish Priest.
THE KKY. I). GRIFFITHS, J.P.
Cftc Reu. Daniel firiffitDs.
CLANGRANOG since 1892 has had as its Rector Daniel
Griffiths. Those in other parts of the County who know the
character of the reverend gentleman — his large-hearted
sympathies and his deep devotion to the work of a parish priest —
will account Llangranog fortunate. But of this one may be certain,
that they will not surpass the parishioners themselves in their deep
and genuine affection for a man who has in a very real and personal
sense been a trusted friend to all. One of the Welsh poets happily
expresses the relationship of Llangranog and its Rector : —
Who in the place that does more than his part
To lessen poverty and help the weak ?
The man who tells his nation how to live
Is the best Christian, like our Lord our God.
Amongst Llangranog hills, what magistrate
That offers comfort to the brink of grave ?
The kindest man — of purest energy,
And fittest one to heal all kinds of wounds,
Is this my hero of a Parish Priest.
Thou conscientious man, greatness thy meed !
Our Minister — our country's dignity !
And without thee, what would Llangranog be,
With heart so full of God, thy voice of grace !
Let not my country's sectaries be wrath
That he maintains old Ritual of Faith.
No more contention ; Griffiths is our man,
A friend so firm and dear, without a flaw,
So like our Lord — so full of sympathy.
The Rev. Daniel Griffiths, who was born in the parish of
Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn, near Llandovery, co. Carmarthen, is a son
of the late George Griffiths, by his marriage with Rachel Williams,
of Caio, co. Carmarthen, who is believed to be a descendant of the
celebrated Puritan, the Rev. Roger Williams, who, to secure
religious liberty, emigrated to America in 1631 and settled in the
State of Massachusets, where his pastoral and literary labours
extended over many years.
After leaving Queen's College, Birmingham, Mr. Griffiths
was ordained in 1870. He held successively curacies at Nantyglo
and Llanarthney, working about three years in each parish, and
was appointed in 1877 to the Rectory of Trefilan, which he held
for fifteen years. It was principally through his instrumentality
and under his personal supervision that the beautiful Church of
St. Hilary in that parish was restored in the early 'eighties, the
churchyard being also enlarged and the Church Schoolroom
extended. During the whole of the time he was at Trefilan he
acted as a Guardian of the Poor, and for almost the same length
of time was Chairman of the School Attendance Committee sitting
at Lampeter. While at Trefilan he had, too, a leading part in
the establishment of the Choral Union in the Deanery of Ultra
Glyn Aeron, which Deanery he represented at the Diocesan
Conference.
Consistently diligent in his ministry, his preferment to
Llangranog in 1892 has been attended with the happiest results;
the welfare of the Church life in the parish could be in no safer
hands. Soon after his coming he recognised the need for Church
accommodation to meet the requirements in the northern end of
the parish, and in 1894 a Mission Church, dedicated to St. David,
was opened ; the addition of a chancel and vestry has been made
since, and these were opened in September, 1907. With a zealous
fidelity to the doctrines of his Church, Mr. Griffiths is a powerful
preacher, but the great influence for good that he is able to exercise
comes rather from the example of an upright, manly, and unselfish
life. In a quiet and dignified way, but with all the energy and
life of a vigorous personality, he preserves the true status of his
high office, finding the fulfilment of the Church's mission in the
promotion of general happiness, in encouraging right sentiments
concerning human brotherhood, as well as in the propagation of
those principles which are of the highest import,
He has done much useful public work outside the Church.
He had the distinction of being elected Chairman of the Board of
the British School at Pontgareg, in the parish of Llangranog,
having been elected a member of that body at the head of the poll,
by a large majority. He has been on the Commission of the Peace
for the County of Cardigan since 1896, is a member of the Police
Standing Joint Committee, and has been a Tax Commissioner since
1892. He is a member of and Chaplain to the Tivyside Hunt.
Some years ago he published two illustrated Welsh Dialogues
which created some stir at the time, and he is a contributor by
request to " Pulpit y Beirdd " (The Poet's Pulpit).
No parish priest ever had a more devoted helpmeet than
Mr. Griffiths, whose deep personal loss at his wife's death in 1900
was affectionately shared by the parishioners among whom she
worked so earnestly. His marriage took place in 1873, his wife,
Mary Ann Dorothy, being the widow of Tom Anthony Bevan, and
the daughter of the late William Webb, of Llanhilleth House, co.
Monmouth. Mrs. Griffiths's three sons and a daughter were
brought up partly under Mr. Griffiths's care. The eldest son is
Rector of Niagara, in Canada ; the other sons are members of the
medical profession, and the daughter is the wife of Dr. Robinson,
of Cardiff.
To the memory of Mrs. Griffiths a handsome window has
been placed in the west end of the Parish Church at Llangranog,
just above her grave. The window has two lights. One represents
an allegorical figure of " Mercy " protecting two destitute little girls,
with the words Amove vinci, while the other is an allegorical figure
of "Justice," with the words Veritas vincit.
THE Ki:v. T. MASON JONES.
ClK R*D. CDomas fRason Jon**.
3WS*
BORN at Trisant, in the parish of l.
Upper, the Rev. Thomas Mason Jones ha* *••••
greatest influence in that picturesque and interesting
of Cardiganshire, ah*: his varied activhi--- L.r
;1 -known in other parts of the County. Educated at Univer
College, Aberystwyth, he was trained for the Ministry of
A-inistir Methodist Church, and both within that commu;
and outside it has acquired a high reputation for hie .sterling x\
both as a Christfan minister and a pxibltc man ever ready to ?.?
ously discharge duties for the common wenl.
Attached to his C • —s of stnaig -.cnviction
deep devotion, Mr. Jones ha .f to be a
of much Christian charity, never m
;t of broad-mindedne-.
himself with the pub' unty, v
ilts, and he would _-e that
public life has addfv
Certainly the oppo- be aptly cited, for he has
rtuated in pui, by tlv _;h pnn .vhich
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'he course of long pub -re he has oevc od.
THE REV. T. I\!ASON JONES.
Che Rctx CDomas mason Jones.
BORN at Trisant, in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn
Upper, the Rev. Thomas Mason Jones has exercised his
greatest influence in that picturesque and interesting district
of Cardiganshire, although his varied activities have made him
well-known in other parts of the County. Educated at University
College, Aberystwyth, he was trained for the Ministry of the
Calvinistic Methodist Church, and both within that community
and outside it has acquired a high reputation for his sterling work
both as a Christian minister and a public man ever ready to zeal-
ously discharge duties for the common weal.
Attached to his Church with ties of strong conviction and
deep devotion, Mr. Jones has always shown himself to be a pastor
of much Christian charity, never more happily displayed than in a
spirit of broad-mindedness and toleration. He has thus identified
himself with the public affairs of his native County, with excellent
results, and he would probably acknowledge that his experience of
public life has added strength and force to his pastoral service.
Certainly the opposite proposition might be aptly cited, for he has
been actuated in public life by those high principles which one
instinctively associates with a Christian minister, and from which
in the course of long public service he has never swerved.
Still a member of the County Council, the reverend gentle-
man may review a long period of service with that authority,
dating from 1892. Seven years later he was deservedly honoured
by election as Chairman, and his year of office definitely stamped
him as a valuable force in County life, in which he remains a much
respected figure, admired alike for the earnestness and extent of his
service. He centres much interest in educational administration.
Both as a member of the Cardiganshire Education Committee and
the Committee for the Aberystwyth District he has rendered good
service. Of the latter body he is Chairman in 1908.
In connection with the Calvinistic Methodist Church, Mr.
Jones labours with all the energy and enthusiasm born of cherished
beliefs and with a success that points to the possession of an excel-
lent equipment for his high office. None who have any knowledge
of his work can doubt the deep sincerity with which he holds his
faith. He has long been regarded as a convincing and vigorous
preacher, and the character of his work as Pastor of the Ysbytty
Ystwyth Calvinistic Methodist Church has led to his being held in
very affectionate esteem in that community. A keen student of
contemporary thought and politics, Mr. Jones takes an active part
in the religious and social life of his district, and is a strong
adherent to the principles of Liberalism. The reverend gentleman,
who is unmarried, resides at Bron Trisant, Devil's Bridge, Cardigan-
shire.
ABERMARLAIS PARK.
Mrs. €milp Florence Cbursbp-Pelbartu
mRS. Emily Florence Thursby-Pelham, of AberrnarUis Park,
Lady of the Manor, widow of the late Ci^in Pelham
Thursby-Pelham, J.P., represents an ancient and illustrious
House which for centuries has figured worthily in many phases
of national life. The Thursby-Pelhams descend from ;i
younger branch of the Pelhams of Laughton and Stanmer, ancestors
of the Earls of Chichester, whose long record of patriotic service
in counsel and in arms is such as must excite the highest
admiration.
The surname of Pelham was derived from a Lordship in
Hertfordshire, which is recorded toh^vebeen part of the possessions
of Walter de Pelham in the reigr. of Edward I., and there
is little doubt that it was held by his ancestors prior to the Conquest.
Sir John de Pelham shared in the glory of Poietiers and the capture
of the French King John. His son, Sir John Pelham, K.B.. who
represented Sussex in Parliament, was Constable of Pevensey Castle,
and enjoyed great influence at the Court of Henry IV.
Sussex was represented in Parliament by several of Sir John's
descendants. Sir Thomas Pelham, who was Member for the County
at the close of the i6th century, was amongst the first raised to the
ABEKMARLAIS PARK.
mrs* emilp Florence Cfcursbp-Pelbaim
mRS. Emily Florence Thursby-Pelham, of Abermarlais Park,
Lady of the Manor, widow of the late Captain Pelham
Thursby-Pelham, J.P., represents an ancient and illustrious
House which for centuries has figured worthily in many phases
of national life. The Thursby-Pelhams descend from a
younger branch of the Pelhams of Laughton and Stanmer, ancestors
of the Earls of Chichester, whose long record of patriotic service
in counsel and in arms is such as must excite the highest
admiration.
The surname of Pelham was derived from a Lordship in
Hertfordshire, which is recorded to have been part of the possessions
of Walter de Pelham in the reign of Edward I., and there
is little doubt that it was held by his ancestors prior to the Conquest.
Sir John de Pelham shared in the glory of Poictiers and the capture
of the French King John. His son, Sir John Pelham, K.B., who
represented Sussex in Parliament, was Constable of Pevensey Castle,
and enjoyed great influence at the Court of Henry IV.
Sussex was represented in Parliament by several of Sir John's
descendants. Sir Thomas Pelham, who was Member for the County
at the close of the i6th century, was amongst the first raised to the
rank of Baronet on the institution of that Order by James I. The
2nd Baronet, who was Member of Parliament for Sussex
in 1654, was ancestor, by his first wife, of the Earls of Chichester.
A son by his third wife (Margaret, daughter of Sir H. Vane),
was Sir Nicholas Pelham, Kt., M.P., of Cottisfield Place, Sussex.
Grandson of Sir Nicholas and son of Thomas Pelham, Esq.,
Member of Parliament for Lewes, was Henry Pelham, Esq., of
Crowhurst, whose daughter, Frances, married in 1800 the Rev.
George Augustus Thursby, Rector of Abingdon, co. North-
ampton, second son of Captain Walter Harvey Thursby, of Shrews-
bury. The son of this marriage, the Rev. Henry Thursby-Pelham,
of Cound Hall, married in 1827 his cousin, Mary Elizabeth, daughter
of Thomas Papillon, Esq., of Acrise Park, Kent.
The late Captain Pelham Thursby-Pelham, who died on
August gth, 1897, was the sixth son of the Rev. H. Thursby-Pelham.
He served in the 3oth Foot, and his marriage took place on
September i7th, 1872. Mrs. Emily Florence Thursby-Pelham, who
was born in Pembrokeshire, is the only child of Henry Foley,
Esq., D.L.
Mrs. Thursby-Pelham's own family — the Foleys of Ridgeway,
Llawhaden, co. Pembroke — has a long and rather remarkable
pedigree. It begins with John Foley of Llawhaden, whom Adam
Hoton, Bishop of St. David's, styles in a grant of land " Constabu-
larius Castri Nostri de Llawhaden et Magister Operum Nostrum."
This document and a decision of the Star Chamber signed by
Henry VIII. in favour of the Foley family against Bishop Barlow,
who disputed their right to Ridgeway, are still in Mrs. Thursby-
Pelham's possession. She exhibited them to the Cambrian
Archaeological Society in 1892. Some mention of these documents
and of the Foley family occurs in Fenton's " Pembrokeshire."
Admiral Sir Thomas Foley, C.B., who built the present
mansion of Abermarlais in 1796, was one of Nelson's most famous
Captains. He commanded the " Goliath " at the Battle of the Nile
and the " Eliphant," Nelson's flag-ship, at the Battle of Copenhagen.
He was the second son of John Foley, of Ridgeway, by his
wife Bridget, daughter and co-heiress of John Herbert, of
Court Henry, co. Carmarthen, and great-great-uncle to Mrs.
Thursby-Pelham.
The living of Llansadwin, to which is annexed that of
Llanwrda, is in the gift of Mrs. Thursby-Pelham. Mrs. Thursby-
Pelham has one daughter, Eleanor Etna Audley.
Abermarlais is one of the best known and most picturesque
seats in the County, and its history is one of considerable interest,
the place being famous by reason of several eminent person-
ages connected with it. In the grounds is a Maenhir of good
proportions.
RICHARD LLEWELLIN LLOYD, ESQ., J.P.
Richard Clwellln Clopd, Csq., 3.p.
71 representative of a fa f great antiquity, Mr, }\
Llewellin Lloyd, J.P., of Penty Park, to. Perobro:
Richard Lloyd, Esq., and great
^n Lioyd, Esq., of Dale Castle, co. Pembroke. Born o-
d, 1872, he in 1902 succeeded his kinsman, Captain
-is Lloyd-Phillips, J.P., D.L., and married on ' April 2Qth, IL,
'• rice, eldest daughter of the Lite \Vi!liam W'lliams, I-
itor, of Aberystwyth.
The early his',
ote period
Lloyd (formerly Phili;
Park) forms, one learns f;
the Dale Castle a,
of Thomas -of Dine
Rhodr<
'i LLEW
Ricbard Clcuxliin Clopd, €sq., 3.P.
H representative of a family of great antiquity, Mr. Richard
Llewellin Lloyd, J.P., of Penty Park, co. Pembroke, is a
son of Richard Lloyd, Esq., and great-grandson of John
Allen Lloyd, Esq., of Dale Castle, co. Pembroke. Born on May
22nd, 1872, he in 1902 succeeded his kinsman, Captain Frederick
Lewis Lloyd-Phillips, J.P., D.L., and married on April 2Qth, 1903,
Beatrice, eldest daughter of the late William Williams, Esq., J.P.,
solicitor, of Aberystwyth.
The early history of Mr. Lloyd's family ascends to the most
remote period of the authentic British annals. The family of
Lloyd (formerly Philipps) of Penty Park (formerly styled Pentre
Park) forms, one learns from the pedigrees of Lewis Dunn and in
the Dale Castle and Gilfach MSS., a junction of the great houses
of Thomas of Dinefawr (father of Sir Rhys ap Thomas), the
Bowens of Pentre-Evan, Philipps of Picton, and Lloyd of
Ffoes-y-Bleddiaid.
Rhodri Mawr (or the Great), King of All Wales and the
Isle of Man (descended from Beli Mawr, King of Britain, 100
years B.C.), was slain in a battle at Anglesey 877. With other
issue he had a son, Tydwal Gloff (or the lame), he having been
wounded in the knee at a battle at Conway in 878. He married
Elen, daughter of Aleth, King of Dyfed. He gave azure a wolf
salient (as arms) argent langued and armed gules.
From him was lineally descended Cadifor ap Dinawel, Lord
Dinawel of Gilfachwen, Pantstrymon, and Castle Howel, who in
the reign of Henry II. took Cardigan Castle (which was then held
by the Earl of Clare and a body of Flemings) by escalade, for which
exploit his Prince, the great Lord Rhys, gave him a new shield of
arms, viz., Sable a spear's head argent, embrued gules between
3 scaling ladders of the 2nd (2 and i) ; on the chief of the 3rd
a castle triple towered ppr. His prince also gave him his daughter
Catherine in marriage, together with various tracts of land in
Cardiganshire.
He had with other issue a son, Rhydderch Llwyd (or the
grey), Lord of Castle Howel, who married Jennet, daughter of Sir
Aaron ap Rhys, Knight of the Sepulchre, who went with Richard
Coeur de Lion to Palestine against the Infidels. Rhys, son of
Rhydderch, married a daughter of Elydr ap Gronw. Their son
Ritsiard was the father of Cadwgan fawr, who was the father of
Cadwgan fychan, whose son was Cadwgan grach, of Carrog. Some
genealogists derive this Cadwgan grach from Cadwgan Fawr ap Cadifor
ap Gwyn ap Gwelyw ap Gwenffiwd ap Teithwalch ap David ddu ap
Owen Gwynedd, but erroneously, for the arms immemoriably borne
by this family (the wolf salient, scaling ladders) prove them to be
descendants from Tydwal Gloff and Cadifor ap Dinawel. Cadwgan
grach of Carrog married a daughter of Meredith Fychan, and from
him was lineally descended David Lloyd ap Morgan, who was of
Ffoes-y-Bleddiaid, co. Cardigan. The latter married Mary,
daughter of Rhys ap David Lloyd, of Gogerddan, and had a son,
Oliver Lloyd, of Ffoes-y-Bleddiaid, who was born in 1551 and
married Gwenllian, daughter of Rhydderch ap David ap Llewellyn
ap Cadwgan.
Pi..
• a he had a son, Tydwal Gloff (or the lame), he having been
nded i- ee at a battle at Conway in 878. He marr
Elen, daughter of Aleth, King of Dyfed. He gave azure a wolf
salient (as arms) argent langued and armed gules.
m him was lineally descended Cadifor ap Dinawel, Lord
iwel of Gilfachwen, Pantstrymon, and Castle Howel, who in
^n of Henry II. took Cardigan Castle (which was then held
Sari of Clare and a body of Flemings) by escalade, for which
his Prince, the great Lord Rhys, gave him a new shield of
iz.; Sable a spear's head argent, embrued gules between
ig ladders of the 2nd (2 and i) ; on the chief of the 3rd
pie towered ppr. His prince also gave him his daughter
ae in marriage, together with various tracts of land in
re.
with other issue a son, Rhydderch Llwyd (or the
i Towel, who married Jennet, daughter of Sir
of the Sepulchre, who went with Richard
-\: <Jft I..i<:m to ^tir.e against the Infidels. Rhys, son of
h, married a • f Elydr ap Gronw. Their son
: ;n fawr, who was the father of
ai, whose .- 'an grach, of Carrog. Some
-.-> derive thisCadwgan grach from Cadwgan Fawr ap Cadifor
ap lyw ap Gwenffiwd ap Teithwalch ap David ddu ap
•nedd, but erroneously, for the arms immemoriably borne
•lily (the wolf salient, scaling ladders) prove them to be
dev om Tydwal Gloff and Cadifor ap Dinawel. Cadwgan
gn; <trrog married a daughter of Meredith Fychan, and from
hin iy descended David Lloyd ap Morgan, who was of
.-.ddiaid, co. Cardigan. The latter married Mary,
daughter of Rhys ap David Lloyd, of Gogerddan, and had a son,
ver Lloyd, of Ffoes-y-Bleddiaid, who was born in 1551 and
d Gwenllian, daughter of Rhydderch ap David ap Llewe
PENTYTARK (North front).
Of the latter marriage there was a son, David Lloyd, of
Ffoes-y-Bleddiaid, born in 1582, who married Gwladus, daughter
of Richard Herbert, of Pencelli, ap Richard Herbert, ap Sir Richard
Herbert, of Powis, Knt. He died in 1636 and was succeeded by
his son, Oliver Lloyd (born in 1610), of Ffoes-y-Bleddiaid, who
married Jane, daughter and heir of John Lloyd, Esq., of Llanllur,
co. Cardigan. He died in 1668. His son, John Lloyd, Esq., of
Ffoes-y-Bleddiaid, Barrister-at-Law, married Elizabeth, daughter
and co-heir of Thomas Lloyd, Esq., of Wernvylig and Llanllur,
co. Cardigan, and had a son, David Lloyd, Esq., of Ffoes-y-
Bleddiaid, who was a favourite of James II., whom he attended in
his troubles. His wife was Sage, daughter of John Lloyd, Esq.,
of Cilgwyn, co. Cardigan, and he was the father of John Lloyd,
Esq., of Ffoes-y-Bleddiaid, who, born in 1700, married Mary,
daughter of James Philipps, Esq. (M.P. for Carmarthen), of Penty
Park, co. Pembroke, and sister of James Philipps, Esq., of Penty
Park, whose daughter, Mary, married Sir Richard Philipps, Bt.,
created Lord Milford, who died without issue.
Mr. Lloyd was succeeded by his son, James Philipps Lloyd,
Esq., of Ffoes-y-Bleddiaid, who was married in 1750 to Anna
Maria, daughter and heiress of Richard Lloyd, Esq., of Mabws and
Ystradteilo, co. Cardigan, dying 6th June, 1800, and leaving, with
other issue, John Lloyd, of Mabws, born in 1753 (of whom presently).
James Philipps Lloyd, third son of the above James Philipps
Lloyd, and a Colonel in the Army (born 1762), took the name of
Philipps and succeeded to Penty Park in 1823 on the death of
Lord Milford. He married Winifred, daughter of John Thomas,
Esq., of Llanegryn, co. Merioneth, and had two sons, of whom
James Beynon married Cecilia Maria Jane, daughter of George Harries,
Esq., of Llanunwas, and succeeded to Penty Park, but died without
issue. His brother, Frederick Lewis Lloyd-Philipps, was born in
1823, and married Elizabeth Frances, daughter and heir of John
Walters Philipps, Esq., of Aberglasney. He was M,A. of
Brazenose College, Oxford, J.P. for co. Pembroke (High Sheriff
1887), J.P. and D.L. for cos. Carmarthen and Cardigan, and
late Captain of the Royal Carmarthen Artillery Militia. He died
without issue in 1902.
John Lloyd, Esq., of Mabws, the elder brother before
mentioned, was High Sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1785. He married
in 1776 Elinor, daughter and heir of John Allen, Esq., of Dale
Castle, co. Pembroke. His son, John Allen Lloyd, Captain in the
Coldstream Guards, was born in 1777, and married in 1801
Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Harry Bisshopp, of Storrington,
Sussex, youngest son of Sir Cecil Bisshopp, Bt., and uncle to Lord
Zouche.
His second son, Harry James Lloyd, Lieutenant in the 53rd
Regiment, was heir presumptive to the Penty Park estate under
the will of Colonel James Philipps Lloyd-Philipps (proved in 1837),
but died in 1879 without succeeding. Born on October yth, 1803,
he had married Martha Llewellin. His eldest son was Richard
Lloyd, Esq. (heir presumptive to the Penty Park estate), who,
born in 1842, married in 1871, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Robert
Knapp Barrow, Esq., of Kington, Gloucestershire, but he, too,
died without succeeding in 1887. He left three sons, Richard
Llewellin, who, as already stated, succeeded to Penty Park in 1902 ;
Harry Adams, born in 1873 ; and John Lewis, born in 1881.
The lineage of Mary, daughter of James Philipps, M.P.,
above mentioned, and Mr. R. LI. Lloyd's great-grandmother in the
fourth degree, may be traced to Thomas ap Griffith ap Nicholas
of Newton, whose daughter Margaret, sister of Sir Rhys ap
Thomas, K.G., married, first, Sir Richard Herbert, Kt.f ot
Colebrook, and secondly, John Hearle. Mary, a daughter of the
second marriage, married Sir James Bowen, Kt., of Pentre-evan.
Their daughter Elizabeth married William Philipps, second son of
Sir Thomas Philipps, of Picton Castle, leaving a son, James
Philipps, of Penty Park, who married Jane Griffith. Of this
marriage was John Philipps, High Sheriff in 1622, who married
Grace, daughter and heir of Richard Fychan, of Llandigwydd.
James Philipps, his son, had by his marriage with Elinor, daughter
of Hugh Butler, of Johnston (High Sheriff in 1599), a son, James,
who married a daughter of William Barlow, of Cryswill, and who
was the father of James Philipps, M.P. for Carmarthen, who
married Jane, daughter of John Scourlock. Mary, the wife of John
Lloyd, of Ffoes-y-Bleddiaid, referred to above in the Lloyd pedigree,
was a daughter of this marriage. Her brother James, born in 1710,
married Jane, daughter and co-heir of Lewis Pryse, of Gogerddan,
and their daughter Mary, heiress of Penty Park, married Sir
Richard Philipps, of Picton Castle, who was created Lord Milford
in 1766, and died without issue, as stated above.
Mr. Richard Llewellin Lloyd, who is a Justice of the Peace
for co. Pembroke, takes an interest in County affairs. He is a
member of St. David's Diocesan Board and Church Building Society,
etc., and is greatly interested in matters archaeological and
agricultural, while cycling is one of his favourite recreations. He is
in politics Conservative.
Together with the Penty Park estate, Mr. Lloyd succeeded
to the family plate, portraits, and heirlooms left by Captain F. L.
Lloyd-Philipps. The ancient mansion of Penty Park was destroyed
by fire. The present one was built in 1710, and it was enlarged and
restored by Captain Lloyd-Philipps about forty years ago. Mr.
Lloyd is patron of the living of Walton East, in which parish Penty
Park is situated.
The family arms are: — Quarterly: ist and 4th, azure a wolf
rampant argent ; 2nd and 3rd, sable a spear's head argent, embrued
gules between 3 scaling ladders of the 2nd (2 and i); on a chief of
the 3rd a castle triple towered ppr. Crest : — A wolf rampant argent,
holding between its paws a spear's head point downwards
embrued, and three drops of blood under the sinister paw. Motto
— Ar Dduw y Gyd. (On God depends every thing).
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd have three daughters.
MERV^N LLOYD PEEL, ESQ., M.A., LL.B.
Dkropn Clopd pe«l, e$q.. m.H., CC.B., J.p.
ONE of the most active men in the Coxmt .'.ndertaking a
large share of public work and discharging ir . !h singu;
zeal and ability, Mr. Mervyn Lloyd IV;], M.A., ..i B., J.P , of
Danyrallt, Llangadock, is deservedly held in ;iig, esteem ui
Carmarthenshire, and his activities embrace such ^ar.cd spheres
ti?at there are few better known men within the Share.
Mr. Peel, who succeeded at Danyrallt on the dtath of his
brother in 1901, is the only surviving son of the latf John Peel,
Esq., J.P., D.L., of Danyrallt, by his marriage wi'i; Cluirlorte
!-ouisa Frances, daughter of John William Lloyd.. Kv;., J.F.. of
Danyrallt, so that maternally he descends from ar5 on,- nr a;id
aminent Welsh house.
The Peels come of an old North of England farn-K. ^l-.f. widest
branch of which is still represented at Peele Fo)d ;;c- -st^'.^ter,
an ancestor in the person of Robert Peele having left v-<«! Marton,
Craven, about the end of the sixteenth century aud sealed at
ie House in the Lower Division of the Hundred of Blackburn,
. h which his descendants have ever since been connected.
Mr. Mervyn Peel's late father was the seventh son of Robert
' x-.-.'i, Esq., of Accrington and Hyndeburn, and of the Manor House,
Shinfiejd, Berks, whose wife, Anne, was a daughter of William
P' ' I, Esq., of Peele Fold and Church Bank, co. Lancaster, Robert
MKRYVN LLOYD PEEL, ESQ., M.A., LL.B.
Clopd peel, €sq., m.fl., C£.B., 3.p.
ONE of the most active men in the County, undertaking a
large share of public work and discharging it with singular
zeal and ability, Mr. Mervyn Lloyd Peel, M.A., LL.B., J.P., of
Danyrallt, Llangadock, is deservedly held in high esteem in
Carmarthenshire, and his activities embrace such varied spheres
that there are few better known men within the Shire.
Mr. Peel, who succeeded at Danyrallt on the death of his
brother in 1901, is the only surviving son of the late John Peel,
Esq., J.P., D.L., of Danyrallt, by his marriage with Charlotte
Louisa Frances, daughter of John William Lloyd, Esq., J.P., of
Danyrallt, so that maternally he descends from an ancient and
eminent Welsh house.
The Peels come of an old North of England family, the eldest
branch of which is still represented at Peele Fold, co. Lancaster,
an ancestor in the person of Robert Peele having left East Marton,
in Craven, about the end of the sixteenth century and settled at
Hole House in the Lower Division of the Hundred of Blackburn,
with which his descendants have ever since been connected.
Mr. Mervyn Peel's late father was the seventh son of Robert
Peel, Esq., of Accrington and Hyndeburn, and of the Manor House,
Shinfield, Berks, whose wife, Anne, was a daughter of William
Peel, Esq., of Peele Fold and Church Bank, co. Lancaster, Robert
Peel being also a scion of the same house — son of Jonathan Peel,
Esq., of Accrington, co. Lancaster, and Knowlmere, co. York, and
first cousin of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, the
distinguished orator and statesman,
Born at Sale Old Hall, Cheshire, on October i8th, 1856,
Mr. Mervyn Lloyd Peel was first educated privately and afterwards
graduated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He is a Barrister-at-
Law of the Inner Temple. He married on October 2oth, 1886,
Frances Annabella, eldest daughter of Ralph Assheton, Esq., J.P.,
D.L., of Downham Hall, Clitheroe, and Cuerdale, co. Lancaster, by
Emily Augusta, daughter of Joseph Feilden, Esq., of Witton Park,
co. Lancaster. The Asshetons, whose name is derived from the
town of Ashton-under-Lyne, are an ancient family, founded by Orm
FitzEdward, to whom Albert de Gresley, Baron of Manchester,
gave in marriage with his daughter one carucate of land in Ashton,
besides a Knight's fee in Dalton, Parbold, and Wrightington.
Although his public work in other directions has been of an
exceedingly valuable character, Mr. Peel is perhaps best known for
his deep interest in agriculture and the problems which are
constantly affecting the industry. A considerable landowner
himself, he has identified himself with the cause of agriculture not
only in Carmarthenshire but the adjoining Counties, and is
generally recognised as an authority who has made himself
thoroughly familiar with the industry, and the circumstances
which can best favour its success. He is the more widely esteemed
in that he takes a very comprehensive view of the situation, and
recognises that the best interests of the tenantry and the humblest
workers on the land must have prominent consideration. Thus
his public work has inspired the highest confidence among all
classes. In 1905 he was President of the Llandilo Agricultural
Society, and two years later filled a similar position in connection
with the Llandovery Agricultural Society, while for 1908 he is
President of the United Counties' Agricultural Society.
The Conservative Party in the County has few such whole-
hearted and influential supporters as Mr. Peel has proved for several
years. In furtherance of his principles he has always displayed a
vigorous and healthy activity, the more effective because he speaks
with obvious sincerity and broad-minded candour. He has identi-
fied himself enthusiastically with the cause of Tariff Reform, and
has never shirked active work for the Party, who value him as a
shrewd and energetic leader in the County. He is Chairman of the
West Wales Division of the National Union of Conservative and
Constitutional Associations, Chairman cf the Carmarthenshire
Conservative and Unionist Association, and has increased the
Party's obligations to him by undertaking the Hon. Secretarial
duties in connection with the Carmarthenshire Branch of the Tariff
Reform League, of which he is a Vice -President.
Mr. Peel accomplishes much useful work as a member of the
County Council, and it is generally felt that the Llangadock
Division has in him an admirable representative. He is untiring in
watching the interests of his own district, and in promoting the
welfare of the County as a whole. He is on the Commission of the
Peace for the County, and exercises his magisterial duties at
Llangadock.
A keen sportsman, Mr. Peel is an ardent fisherman, taking a
deep interest in the improvement of the salmon fishing industry,
and is Chairman of the Carmarthenshire Bay Fishery Board. An
enthusiast in the sport of skating, he is a member of the Skating
Club and of the National Skating Association of Great Britain ;
he is also a member of the Wimbledon and Davos Skating Clubs
and the St. Moritz Skating Association. His principal London
Club is the United University.
Mr. and Mrs. Peel have one daughter, Yseulte Lloyd Peel,
born on October zyth, 1889.
FELINFOEL HOUSE.
Uliiliam yalden
jf the
:>ort town < • <s Mr,
of Feiinl :;eily. He takes an active pa;t
loing valuable work *~
oard of Guardians, the Rural District Cow;!,
•it. As secretary to *hf
R. Nevill & Co., Ltd., engineers i>f I
•pecial kno-
asefulness of his p
Mr. Nevill is also
Carmarthen, and u
.ed glass v-
r, the late
bout a
born on D
under Dr. Temple
-taining the Llacv. &l\ t«r
He married in
on, Esq., of vc ami GiAt.r
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NE of the prominent men in the flourishing South Wales
seaport town of Llanelly is Mr. William Yalden Nevill, J.P.,
of Felinfoel, Llanelly. He takes an active part in directing
the affairs of that busy town, doing valuable work as a member of
the Board of Guardians, the Rural District Council, and also the
Llanelly Rural Parish Council. As secretary to the well-known
firm of Messrs. R. Nevill & Co., Ltd., engineers of Llanelly and
Gowerton, his special knowledge of business matters has increased
the usefulness of his public work.
Mr. Nevill is also a Justice of the Peace for the County of
Carmarthen, and a Churchwarden at Felinfoel Parish Church, the
stained glass east window in which is a memorial to his grand-
father, the late Richard Janion Nevill, Esq., J.P., D.L. Felinfoel is
a parish about a mile from Llanelly, where it was Mr. Nevill was
born on December gth, 1852. He was educated at Rugby School
under Dr. Temple and it is not surprising to find him later on
captaining the Llanelly football team.
He married in 1896, Agnes Shaw, daughter of the late
George Thomson, Esq., of Baroncliffe Cove and Glasgow. In
politics he is a Conservative.
C. II. DK WlMTON, ESQ., J.P.
MRS
C. H. DE WINTON, Hsy., J.P.
MRS. C. H. DE WIXTON,
Cftarks ficnrp de Ulimon, €sq
BRANCHES of the de Winton family are seated at Maesderwen,
co. Brecon ; Graftonbury, co. Hereford ; Maesllwch Castle,
co. Radnor ; and Wallsworth Hall, co. Gloucester. All,
however, have a common origin in a notable family which for
many generations has occupied a position of influence in Wales and
certain Counties of the West. Robert de Wintona, of Wincestria,
is stated to have come into Glamorgan with Robert Fitzhamon,
and to have built a castle at Lanquian, near Cowbridge. He was
an ancestor of the Rev. Thomas Wilkins, LL.B., a seventeenth
century Rector of Llanmaes and St. Mary, Cowbridge, who was
also Prebendary of Llandaff , and whose elder son became Prothono-
tary of the Brecon Circuit. The latter's younger son, John Wilkins,
was ancestor of the de Wintons of Maesllwch and Maesderwen.
Jeffreys Wilkins, of The Priory, near Brecon, fourth son of
John Wilkins, married a daughter of the Rev. Gregory Parry, of
Llandevailog, Prebendary of Worcester, and was the father of the
late John Parry de Winton, Esq., J.P., D.L., whose eldest son (by
his second marriage in i8|2 with Charlotte Eliza, third daughter
of the late Rev. William Davies, Rector of Newport Pagnel, Bucks,
and of Llangorse, co. Brecon), was the late John Jeffreys de Winton,
Esq., J.P., D.L., of Priory Hill, who died in 1863, the year before
the death of his father. He was married to Emma Eliza, daughter
of Captain Phillips, R.N., and his only surviving son, the present
owner of Maesderwen, became the direct successor of his grand-
father at that seat, which, however, wras occupied for many years
after his father's death by the late William de Winton, Esq., J.P.,
D.L., Mr. C. H. de Winton's uncle, whose death occurred in 1907 in
his eighty-fifth year. He was Senior Magistrate for Breconshire,
Senior Alderman of the Borough of Brecon, and rendered notable
public service to the County over many years.
Mr. C. H. de Winton, who was born at Priory Hill, Brecon,
on January 3oth, 1856, was educated at Radley. He married on
June i8th, 1892, Elizabeth Mary, daughter of Major-General
Richard Thomas Glyn, C.B., C.M.G. (Colonel 24th Regiment), and
Anne Penelope, his wife, daughter of Colonel Clements, Canadian
Rifles. Mr. and Mrs. de Winton have one son, Charles Parry Glyn,
born July 7th, 1904 ; and two daughters, Faith Glyn and Gaynor
Glyn.
A Justice of the Peace for Breconshire, a member of the
County Council, and one of the Standing Joint Committee, Mr. de
Winton takes a prominent part in County affairs, as members of
his family have done for many generations, their services to the
County, whether in relation to the administrative, agricultural, or
social life, being such that their name is honoured everywhere in
the County. Mr. de Winton is Unionist in politics.
As an all-round sportsman, Mr. de Winton has a host of
friends in Breconshire who appreciate the fine sport he consistently
affords as Master of the Brecon Hounds. Although he is fond of
shooting and fishing, hunting has for many years been foremost
among his recreative pursuits, and he leads the field with abundant
keenness and success.
V
Rev. William vport F
Brecon John Jt
D.L., of Priory Hill, who died in 1863, th
ih of his father. He was married to Emma Eliza, do
of Captain Phillips, R.N., and his only surviving son, the pres
owner of Maesderwen, became the direct successor of his grand-
father at that seat, v hich, however, was occupied for many years
.•s father's death by the late William de Winton, Esq., J.P.,
,., Mr. C. H. de Winton's uncle, whose death occurred in 1907 in
fifth year. He was Senior Magistrate for Breconshire,
• an of the Borough of Brecon, and rendered notable
ice to the County over many years.
,le Winton, who was born at Priory Hill, Brecon,
, was educated at Radley. He married on
Elixalv-th Man of Major-Gene
;as Giro, C.B., C " h Regiment), and
ic, his wif«, daughter of Colonel Clements, Canadian
lr. and Mrs! de Winton h;. , Charles Parry Gi
. itp4 ; and tv, nor
'
A Ju-tioe of e, a member of the
nclmg Joint Commit! x de
in County affairs, as members of
.e dune for many generations, their services to the
her in r r'ive, agnculti
'iig such that their name is honoured everywhere in
•unty. Mr. de Winton is Unionist in politics.
As an all-round sportsman, Mr. de Winton has a host of
ads in Breconshire who appreci;:- fine sport he Consistently
ter of the Brecon Hounds. Although ,he is fond of
ing, hunting has fo; years been foremost
among his recreative eads the field with abundant
•
MAESDERWEN.
Several unique hunting experiences have fallen to his lot.
On one occasion, in the days when he hunted the harriers, they had
run a fox to ground, bolted him once, and run to ground again.
With the hounds, he returned alone to the top of the hill to blow
his horn for the terriers to be brought up, but at that moment a
hare jumped up in the middle of the hounds and ran a six-and-a-
half mile point straight. No one saw them get away, and Mr. de
Winton consequently enjoyed the run absolutely alone with them.
In the meantime the whips and field returned to Brecon, at a loss
to understand what had become of the Master and hounds. It was
late at night when Mr. de Winton got home, and the story of his
unique chase is still spoken of in hunting circles. More recently
the loss of his hunting cap under peculiar circumstances afforded the
Hunt some diversion. They had run a fox to ground in a big
badger earth. Mr. de Winton stooped to look in and his cap fell
off and rolled out of sight. He and some of his followers tried
every conceivable means of recovering the missing article, but to
this day the cap has never since been seen.
Mr. de Winton is taking up his residence at his seat, Maes-
derwen, in the autumn of this year (1908), having hitherto resided
principally at Buckingham House, Brecon.
Ricftara popcr Cwis pcnn, €$q*t
SlKrltt or Pembrokeshire, 1905=09)
RICHARD Poyer Lewis Penn, J.P., of Camrose House, co. Pem-
broke, is a son of the late Colonel Lewis William Penn,
C.B., R.A., A.D.C., and grandson of the late Richard
Penn, Esq., of Rosemoor, Milford Haven. His mother was Ann
Eliza, daughter of Daniel Poyer Callen, Esq., of Molestone, co.
Pembroke, by his marriage with Caroline, daughter of Hugh
Webb-Bowen, Esq., of Camrose. Mr. Penn, who was born on
October igth, 1859, succeeded to Camrose in 1881 on the death of
his maternal great-uncle, Charles Wheeler Townsend Webb-Bowen,
Esq.
His maternal ancestors have long been settled in Pembroke-
shire, and by marriage also Mr. Penn is connected with another
well-known County house, Mrs. Penn, whom he married on March
24th, 1885, being the only daughter of Charles Hugh Allen, Esq.,
J.P., of Rickeston. Mr. and Mrs. Penn have two sons and two
daughters.
Mr. Penn, who is High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire for 1908-09,
has for more than twenty years been connected with public affairs
in that County, having been a Magistrate for Haverfordwest since
1887 and on the Commission of the Peace for the County since
1901. He is Lord of the Manor of Camrose.
Camrose House, an imposing mansion of stone, stands in a
park of about fifty acres.
JOHN DUNCAN, ESQ., J.P., F.J.I.
3ol)n Duncan, €$q
«S one who has assisted considerably in the adv.:",. <. -nf of the
commercial and educational process of t'< . , \ir. John
Duncan, of Dros-y-Mor. Penarth. (ilamorg;>.' - oae of the
most respected citizens of Cardiff, and that he wi -;d« utuieni-^
RS beneficial as it is certainly extensive, must b> • ;<ii \\iiu
have watched his career and observed tlir ;.!uabl.>
character of his public services. He is now ;.<• rapid!"
diminishing number of inhabitants of Cardii! \v'- ;uv:ii.crit ;^
a town with a population of twenty-five thousand v»;.n mts, i.ud
he has witnessed the growth of that remarkabic -.pn; t wj-ii.il i; i* :.j\v
(including suburbs) a city of a quarter of < ns.jlr.on inhabitants,
with an exceptionally powerful middle clasr '^ part proprietor
the '" South Wales Daily News," " South Wales Echo," and
"Cardiff Times," Mr. Duncan is concerned in the- control of our
> i the largest newspaper enterprises m the provinces, which oe?
ted its jubilee in October, {907. A prominent Liberal he ha:
in active part in all the cel«b;ated Parliamentary eiei .tioa>
^:h have taken place since 1857 . ,
JOHN DUNCAN, ESQ., J.P., F.J.I.
3ol)n Duncan,
one who has assisted considerably in the advancement of the
commercial and educational progress of the city, Mr. John
Duncan, of Dros-y-Mor, Penarth, Glamorgan, is one of the
most respected citizens of Cardiff, and that he wields an influence
as beneficial as it is certainly extensive, must be patent to all who
have watched his career and observed the eminently valuable
character of his public services. He is now one of the rapidly
diminishing number of inhabitants of Cardiff who remember it as
a town with a population of twenty-five thousand inhabitants, and
he has witnessed the growth of that remarkable port until it is now
(including suburbs) a city of a quarter of a million inhabitants,
with an exceptionally powerful middle class. As part-proprietor
of the "South Wales Daily News," "South Wales. Echo," and
" Cardiff Times," Mr. Duncan is concerned in the control of one
of the largest newspaper enterprises in the provinces, which cele-
brated its jubilee in October, 1907. A prominent Liberal, he has
taken an active part in all the celebrated Parliamentary elections
which have taken place since 1857.
Mr. Duncan has evinced a very special interest in educational
matters connected with Cardiff and Wales. He was one of the
active founders of the University College for South Wales and
Monmouthshire, and for his services was presented with an
Illumined Address by the Mayor and Corporation of Cardiff. He
has been a member of the College Council since its formation in
1884. He was one of the first members of the Court of the Univer-
sity of Wales, and was for several years a member of the Central
Welsh Board for Intermediate Education. He was Chairman of
the Cardiff Scheme under the Welsh Intermediate Education Act,
and on the transfer of the schools by the Education Act of 1902 to
the Cardiff Education Authority, he was presented by the Lord
Mayor and Governors with an Illumined Address thanking him for
his services. Mr. Duncan is a Governor of Howell's Charity
(Llandaff) for girls, and a member of the Council of Aberdare
Hall for women students.
Mr. Duncan is widely known and much honoured in journa-
listic circles. He was for ten years Chairman and member of the
Governing Body of the Press Association, and was the chief
medium for organising with Baron Reuter the splendid sendee
of foreign and colonial news which since 1890 has been known as
" Renter's Special Service." This service has enormously increased
the colonial and foreign telegrams received by the Newspaper
Press of Great Britain, and has also trebled the British news sent
to the colonial and foreign Press. He is one of the early Fellows
of the Institute of Journalists, and is a Trustee of the Newspaper
Society, which comprises all the London and provincial newspaper
proprietors. He is also Trustee of various Colliery Explosion
Relief Funds.
A Justice of the Peace for the County of Glamorgan since
1891, Mr. Duncan has taken an active part in the magisterial
duties for the eastern half of the County. He is a Visiting Justice
for Cardiff Gaol, an Income Tax Commissioner, Assessor under the
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matters connected with Cardiff and Wales. He was one of the
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Monmouthshire, and for his services was presented with an
Illumined Address by the Mayor and Corporation of Cardiff. He
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1 884. He was one of the first members of the Court of the Univer-
sity of Wales, and was for several years a member of the Central
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and on the transfer of the schools by the Education Act of 1902 to
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his services, Mr. Duncan is a Governor of Howell's Charity
(%Llandaff) for girls, and a member of the Council of Aberdare
Hall for women students.
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listic circles. Ha was for ten years Chairman and member of the
Governing Ik>dy of the Press Association, and was the chief
medium -for organising with Baron Renter the splendid service
of foreign and tvloni.-il news which since 1890 has been known as
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the colonial and foreign telegrams received by the Newspaper
Press of Great Britain, and has also trebled the British, news sent
to the colonial and foreign Press. He is one of the early Fellows
of the Institute of Journalists, and is a Trustee of the Newspaper
Society, which comprises all the London and provincial newspaper
proprietors. He is also Trustee of various Colliery Explosion
Relief Funds.
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1891, Mr. Duncan has taken an active part in the magisterial
duties for the eastern half of the County. He is a Visiting Justice
for Cardiff Gaol, an Income Tax Commissioner, Assessor under the
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considerable traveller in the Mediterranean, Egypt, Palestine,
South Africa, the United States, Canada, Syria, Russia, Sweden,
Norway, and Iceland.
Mr. Duncan, who was born in Edinburgh on March 7th,
1846, is the eldest son of the late Alderman David Duncan, J.P.
for Glamorganshire, who died in 1888. He married in 1877, Mary,
the eldest daughter of the late Joseph Stowe, Esq., shipowner of
Liverpool, and has three sons and four daughters.
His offices are 102-3-4-5, St. Mary Street, Cardiff, and his
Clubs are the National Liberal, City and University.
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mR. Godfrey Evan Schaw Protheroe-Beynon, of Trewern, who
filled with dignity and distinction the office of High
Sheriff of Carmarthenshire in 1907, is an example of that
type of landlord who does so much to promote the welfare and
happiness of our rural districts. A man of many interests, he
approaches all his public duties with keenness, so that he is
deservedly popular among all classes, the more so as he is a
chivalrous sportsman and a friend of agriculture whose efforts in
behalf of that industry have been of an exceedingly practical kind.
Indeed, Mr. Protheroe-Beynon is essentially an active country
gentleman, and there are few phases of rural life with which he
is not familiar.
He is a son of Surgeon-Major Edward Schaw Protheroe, late
R.A., J.P., D.L., of Dolwillim, Carmarthenshire, by his marriage
with Ellen Augusta Cecilia, younger daughter of the late John
Thomas Beynon, Esq., of Trewern, and succeeded to the estates on
the death of his uncle, the late John Beynon, Esq., J.P., D.L., of
Trewern and of Manoravon, co. Carmarthen, the latter estate
coming from his kinsman, the late David Pugh, Esq., M.P. Mr.
Protheroe-Beynon, who was born at Woolwich on April 6th, 1872,
and educated at Bath, assumed the additional surname of Beynon
by Royal Licence in 1899, after the death of his uncle, and married
on April i yth, 1902, Emily Williama, elder daughter of Lieut-
Colonel William Price Llewellyn Lewes, J.P., D.L., of Llysnewydd,
co. Carmarthen.
Some indication of Mr. Protheroe-Beynon's interest in agri-
culture is afforded by the fact that he is Hon. Secretary of the
W7hitland Agricultural Society, whose success he does much to
advance by energetic service and influence. He is an acknowledged
expert on questions affecting horse-breeding and is a member of the
Committee (District "F") of the Royal Commission on that
subject. Sport of all kinds has in him a keen supporter, and he
is himself a capable exponent of many. He is the popular Hon.
Secretary of the Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire Otter Hounds,
and, although a keen sportsman, no one who knows him would
accuse him of shirking the obligations and responsibilities that
necessarily devolve upon one in his station. In any capacity in
which he can advance the common weal, his services are readily
forthcoming, and he is on all hands regarded as a valuable force in
the life of the district.
Mr. Protheroe-Beynon figures in the public life of both
Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. For both Counties he is a
Justice of the Peace, and he is extremely popular among officers
and men of the Pembroke Imperial Yeomanry, in which he holds
rank as Captain, proving himself a keen and able officer. He takes
a leading part in many of the public affairs of the district around
his home, and is Correspondent and one of the Managers for
Llandewi-Velfrey Non-Provided School. Conservative in politics,
his whole-hearted support is given to his Party.
It is interesting to note that Mr. Protheroe-Beynon is not the
first of his family to serve the Shire as High Sheriff. His late
father, Surgeon-Major Edward Schaw Protheroe, R.A., J.P., D.L.,
held the office in 1879, his late uncle, John Beynon, Esq., in 1878,
while in 1783 his great-grandfather served in a similar capacity.
The family were originally located in Pembrokeshire, but towards
the end of the sixteenth century they settled at Kethyn, co. Car-
marthen, which estate still continues in their possession. They
returned to Trewern early in the eighteenth century.
F. C. COBDEN, Eso., J.P.
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FRANK Carroll Cobden, of Tan-y-Bwlch, Capel Curig, Bettws-
y-Coed, co. Carnarvon, who is on the Commission of the
Peace for Radnorshire, is a son of the Rev. Halstead Elisyn
Cobden Cobden, of Lamb ley, Notts, and was born in 1849 at 34,
Cavendish Square, London. At Harrow he played in the cricket
eleven of 1866, and going up to Trinity College, Cambridge, had
among his contemporaries several eminent cricketers and himself
proved a player of distinction, so much so that he had the honour
of playing in three consecutive years — 1870-71-72 — against Oxford
in the great Varsity match of the year, 1870 being in cricket history
known as " Cobden's year." He continued to play regularly for
many seasons, and, being a follower of most rural pursuits, has lost
none of his interest in the national game.
Mr. Cobden married in 1872 Mary Agnes, daughter of
Captain Baynton, R.N. In politics he is a Conservative.
C. E. G. MoRGAN-RlCHARDSON, ESQ., J.P.
Charles eoans Daois morgan-Richardson,
CHARLES Evans Davis Morgan-Richardson, J.P of Morgenau,
near Boncath, has for several years occupied a prominent
position in the public life of his native County. The second
son of the Rev. Canon Richardson, Rector of Northop, he was born
at St. Davids, Pembrokeshire, in 1857, and educated 'at Great
Berkhampsted, Herts, and also privately. He assumed the additional
surname of Morgan in 1880, and married ou March iSt.h, 1885,
Evelyn Beatrice, younger daughter of the late Sir Henry Moore
Brownrigg, 3rd Bt.
"During recent years Mr. Morgan -Richardson's activities
have lain to a great extent in the direction of politics, and his
services in this sphere, characterised by strong Conviction and the
utmost energy, have proved of considerable value to the Liberal
Unionist organisation. A ready platform speaker, gifted with a
persuasive style of speech which imparts to his utterances a con-
vincing force, he is welcomed as one who gives expression to views
that are based upon sound study of the. subjects at issue. The
obvious sincerity of his convictions is anoLher factor in his success.
C. E. G. MoRGAN-RlCHARDSON, ESQ., J.P.
Charles eoans Daois Morgan Richardson,
J.P.
CHARLES Evans Davis Morgan-Richardson, J.P., of Morgenau,
near Boncath, has for several years occupied a prominent
position in the public life of his native County. The second
son of the Rev. Canon Richardson, Rector of Northop, he was born
at St. Davids, Pembrokeshire, in 1857, and educated at Great
Berkhampsted, Herts, and also privately. He assumed the additional
surname of Morgan in 1880, and married on March i8th, 1885,
Evelyn Beatrice, younger daughter of the late Sir Henry Moore
Brownrigg, 3rd Bt.
During recent years Mr. Morgan-Richardson's activities
have lain to a great extent in the direction of politics, and his
services in this sphere, characterised by strong conviction and the
utmost energy, have proved of considerable value to the Liberal
Unionist organisation. A ready platform speaker, gifted with a
persuasive style of speech which imparts to his utterances a con-
vincing force, he is welcomed as one who gives expression to views
that are based upon sound study of the subjects at issue. The
obvious sincerity of his convictions is another factor in his success.
He is no political shuffler. Holding very definite views on political
questions, he expresses them with singular clearness, and is quite
whole-hearted in his faith. Thus he is well-known in both the
Counties of Pembroke and Cardigan as an ardent Tariff Reformer,
enthusiastic and hopeful as to the future of that policy. He is
Vice- President of the Tariff Reform League, and Hon. Treasurer of
the Liberal Unionist organisation for Wales and Monmouthshire.
At the General Election of 1906, Mr. Morgan-Richardson
contested the County of Cardigan as a Liberal Unionist, but his
entry into the arena was at a time when the fortunes of his Party
were everywhere throughout the country at a somewhat low ebb,
with the added disadvantage that Cardiganshire had been consis-
tently faithful to Liberalism for many years. Mr. Morgan-Richard-
son nevertheless put up an excellent fight against the old Member,
M. L. Vaughan- Davis, Esq., though his efforts were not crowned
with success, and he gained the confidence and high appreciation
of his Party for his splendid work, his opponents recognising, too,
the heartiness and mutual good-spirit in which the contest had
been fought.
Mr. Morgan-Richardson has taken an exceptionally keen
interest in the Land Question in Wales and wrote a reply to Mr.
T. E. Ellis's arguments for a Welsh Land Bill. He was a member
of the Executive Committee of the Landowners of Wales and
Monmouthshire, an association which he was largely instrumental
in forming. He was also one of the founders of the United Counties
Agricultural Society for cos. Pembroke, Cardigan, and Carmarthen,
and he drafted its Constitution. He has written for the " National
Review" articles on the Welsh Land Question and on Death
Duties, and has also published a novel, " Henry Vaughan — a Story
of Pembrokeshire."
Mr. Morgan-Richardson has been a well-known figure in the
civic life of Cardigan, in the affairs of which he has taken great
interest. Although not an elected member of the Town Council,
M('i
shuffler. Holding ve views on political
th sing iess, and is quite
:h. Thus he is well-known in both the
-mbroke and Cardigan as an ardent Tariff Reformer,
•.d hopeful as to the future of th, He is
of the Tariff Reform League, and Hon. Treasurer of
.onist organisation for Wales and Monmouthshire.
J Election of 1906, Mr. Morgan- Richardson
of Cardigan as a Liberal Unionist, but his
a time when the fortunes of his Pi
t a somewhat
o that Cardiganshire had been consis-
for many years. Mr. Morgan-Richard-
•:' light against the old Member,
, Esq., though 'his efforts were not crowned
s*:«-.. ^s and he gained iidence and high appreciation
opponents recognising, too,
' uiss and mutual good-spirit in which- the contest had
::t
Mr. ?.' :iardson has taken an exceptionally keen
Ouestion in Wales and wrote a reply to Mr.
rguments for a W He was a member
.ecutive Committee of the Landowners of Wales and
Me i. shire, an association which he was 4argely in>
in forming. He was also one of the founders of the. I';
Agi ril Society for cos. Pembroke, Cardigan, and Carmartl
and he drafted its Constitution. He has. written for the ual
Review" articles on the Welsh Land Q . and on Do.
Du ! has also published a novel, " Henry Vaughan — a Story
of Pern! re."
Mr. Morgan -Richardson has been a well-known figure in the
,-an, in the affairs of which he has taken gr<
\oughnotanelected member of the Town Council,
MOKGKXAI;.
the members of that body have three times — 1897-98-99 — chosen
him as Mayor, and the happiness of their choice has been appreci-
atively recognised throughout the Borough, Mr. Morgan -Richardson
filling the office with fitting dignity and directing the business
with great discretion and ability. A Justice of the Peace for
Pembrokeshire, he is identified with several County institutions,
and is ever ready to give his services in a good cause.
He is interested in the principal rural pursuits, is fond of
shooting and riding, and does good work for the cause of agricul-
ture. He devotes considerable attention to the breeding of
Pedigree Shorthorns, in which direction he has achieved consider-
able success.
Morgenau, Mr. Morgan-Richardson's seat, is a modern
mansion, acknowledged to be one of the prettiest residences in the
County. It was formerly known as Rhosygilwen, when it belonged
to J. V. Colby, Esq., of Ffynone. The house contains a valuable
variety of old blue china, in the collection of which Mr. Morgan-
Richardson is interested.
GEORGE BEVAN BOWEN, ESQ., J.P.
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mR. George Bevan Bowen, J.P., who succeeded his father at
Llwyngwair, near Newport, Pembrokeshire, in November,
1905, is the representative of a very ancient Welsh family,
whose ancestor, Llewelyn ap Owen, of Pentre Evan, co. Pembroke,
was one of the free tenants of the Fee of Trewern, in 1364, and is
frequently mentioned in Baronia de Kemeys. He was descended
from Gwilym ap Gwrwared ap Gwilym, descended from Gwrwared,
of Cemmaes, son of Cyhylyn. Mr. Bowen was born at Llwyngwair
on December 28th, 1858, and was educated at Cheltenham College,
and Magdalen College, Oxford, marrying on January ioth, 1882,
Florence Emma, only daughter of the late Frederick Corbyn,
Surgeon-General, H.M.I.S.
As an energetic public man and a capital sportsman, Mr.
Bowen is held in much esteem in the Counties of Pembroke and
Cardigan. Whether leading in the hunting field, directing a
political organisation, or taking a share of public business in the
County, he is equally popular, and in each sphere his activities
have been considerable. A patron of the principal field sports,
hunting perhaps has the greatest fascination for him, and for four
seasons — 1893-97 — ne was Master of the Tivyside Foxhounds,
proving an able and tactful leader. The same characteristics have
been observed in his energetic association with the County
organisation of the Conservative Party. He was for some years
the Chairman of the Cardiganshire Conservative Association,
which benefited greatly by his activity and watchfulness. His
political work has lately been centred mainly in Pembrokeshire,
and he is Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Association of that
County.
A keen practical agriculturist, Mr. Bowen interests himself
in promoting the development of the industry, and his support is
freely given to many movements having that object. He was
formerly a Lieutenant in the Pembroke Yeomanry Cavalry, is on the
Commission of the Peace for Pembroke and Cardigan, and not the
least of the factors that contribute to his popularity is his genuine
interest in the affairs of his district. Apart from his sporting
inclinations and his interest in agriculture, Mr. Bowen finds recrea-
tion in a study of natural history.
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IN the Llanelly district of Carmarthenshire there is no more
honoured name than that of Nevill. Members of that family
have for many years been connected with the social and public
life of the County, and Mr. Hugh Nevill, J.P., of Wren's Hill,
Oxshott, Surrey, enjoys to the full the widespread respect which
is entertained for all of his line. He is the only son of the late
Charles William Nevill, Esq., of Westfa, Llanelly, where he was
born in 1855. He was educated at Winchester and Exeter College,
Oxford, securing his Master of Arts degree in 1882. He married on
May 4th, 1886, Maud, third daughter of the late Frederick Elking-
ton, Esq., J.P., D.L., of Wolverley, Worcestershire.
Mr. Nevill has done good public service in the County,
notably as an Alderman of the County Council and as Vice-
Chairman of the Llanelly Board of Guardians, displaying in each
position much ability and public-spirited zeal, and he is also on
the Commission of the Peace for the County. A keen student of
current thought and national questions, his political convictions
are pronouncedly Conservative, and in Carmarthenshire he has
given the Constitutional Party substantial support.
Mr. Nevill's father died in 1888. To the memory of him
and his wife there are in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church,
Felinfoel, two memorial windows erected by their children. The
stained east window is a memorial to the late Richard J. Nevill,
Esq.
Mr. Nevill is a member of the New University Club.
G. W. W. GREEN-PRICE, ESQ., J.P.
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O. W. W. GREEN-PRICE, ESQ., J.P.
MRS. GREEN-PRICE.
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3.P.
BORN at Norton Manor, a son of the late Sir Richard Green-
Price, ist Baronet of Monaughty, and half-brother of the
present Baronet, Mr. George William Whitmore Green-Price,
J.P., of The Gables, Norton, belongs to a family that has placed the
County of Radnor under many obligations by the usefulness of its
public services. In the matter of Parliamentary representation
alone, the County was for many years constantly attached to the
Prices, whose good works in many spheres of public life fully
merited the close allegiance. Chase Price represented the County
for many years in the eighteenth century. His nephew, Richard
Price, too, was Member for the Radnor Borough for nearly half a
century. The latter died without issue in 1861, and was succeeded
in the estates by his nephew Richard (son of George Green, Esq.,
by his marriage with Margaret Price), who thereupon assumed by
Royal Licence the additional surname of Price. He was created a
Baronet in 1874, an^ two years later served the County as High
Sheriff; while from j8So to 1885 he was Member of Parliament for
the County.
Mr. G. W. W. Green-Price was a son of the ist Baronet, by
his (second) marriage with Laura, daughter of Richard Henry King,
Esq., M.D., of Mortlake, Surrey. He was born August 23rd, 1862,
educated at Repton, and married, April iith, 1893, Rachel Georgina,
eldest daughter of T. H. Burroughes, Esq. Like others of his
family, he takes a considerable interest in County affairs, and
while his political support is freely at the service of the Unionist
Party, he identifies himself with many useful movements in the
neighbourhood of his country home quite irrespective of parties and
sects. As a Magistrate he adjudicates in the Presteign Petty
Sessional Division.
CORNELIUS LE BRUX POWKLL, Ksy., J.P.
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mR. Cornelius Le Brun Powell, J.P., of Sunny Hill, Tregaron,
eldest son of the late Captain Cornelius Le Brun Powell,
4th Dragoon Guards (who died in 1864), belongs to a
very old Cardiganshire family, which is a branch of the line of
Edwin ap Gronw, Lord of Tegaingl, founder of the ?3th Noble
Tribe of North Wales and Powys.
The late Captain Cornelius Le Brun Powell was a brother of
Colonel William Thomas Rowland Powell (i3th Hussars) of Nanteos,
near Aberystwyth, who was Member of Parliament and Lord Lieu-
tenant of the County for some years. They were sons of William
Edward Powell, Esq., of Nanteos, who was for 38 years Member of
Parliament and Lord Lieutenant of the County. Mr. Cornelius Le
Brun Powell is thus the direct descendant of the oldest branch of the
family. George Powell, Esq., of Nanteos, son of Colonel W. T. R.
Powell, died without issue, when the two estates, Nanteos and
Sunny Hill, were divided, the former being left to an off-branch,
and Sunny Hill, which is entailed property, to Mr. Cornelius Le
Brun Powell, the direct heir. The present owner of Nanteos,
William Beauclerk Powell, Esq., is a second cousin to the subject
of this sketch.
Born at Holyhead, Anglesey, on June i^th, 1851, Mr.
Cornelius Le Brun Powell was educated at Shrewsbury School,
and married Jessie Florence, daughter of Francis Hue"t, Esq., of
Berkshire. A Justice of the Peace for co. Cardigan and Patron of
the living of Strata Florida, he takes considerable interest in the
general life of the County and is much esteemed for his good work
in the Tregaron district, where his activities are principally centred,
and where a variety of institutions benefit by his kindly support
and interest. A Conservative in politics, he is no slavish adherent
to Party, but a broad-minded and thoughtful politician, whose
unqualified and energetic support is given to those principles and
policies of the soundness of which he is convinced.
Mr. Powell is a patron of the principal rural pursuits, and
finds a good deal of his recreation in shooting and fishing.
3ohn €du)ards Vaugban, Csq., 3 P.
TW PROMINENT figure in several spheres of public life in South
Wales, Mr. John Edwards Vaughan, J.P., of Rheola, near
Neath, possesses many good qualities which are factors in
the esteem in which he is so widely held. Among the County gentry
there are few more popular figures. In anything that concerns the
welfare of the district in which he resides he takes a keen and
sympathetic interest ; he is widely known as a fine sportsman, and
has in every respect proved himself worthy of the fine traditions
associated with successive owners of the Rheola property.
In regard to the history of the estate during the past century,
it was in 1829 that John Edwards, Esq., J.P., of Rheola, who was
for some time Member of Parliament for Glamorganshire, succeeded
by bequest to the estate of William Vaughan, of Lanelay, and
assumed by Royal Licence the additional surname and arms of
Vaughan. His son and heir was the late Nash Vaughan Edwards
Vaughan, Esq., who, dying in 1868 without surviving issue, was
succeeded by his nephew, Vaughan Hanning Vaughan-Lee, Esq.,
M.P., J.P., D.L., of Dillington Park, Somerset, representative of a
well-known Somersetshire family, and eldest son of John Lee Lee,
Esq., J.P., D.L., by his marriage with Jessy, daughter of the John
Edwards Vaughan before mentioned. Vaughan Hanning Vaughan-
Lee, Esq., married in 1861 Clara Elizabeth, daughter of George
Moore, of Appleby Hall, Leicester. He died in 1882 and was
succeeded at Rheola by his second son, the subject of this sketch,
who assumed the name of Vaughan only in lieu of that of
Vaughan-Lee.
Mr. Vaughan was born at Lanelay House, near Llantrissant,
on September 27th, 1863, and was educated at Harrow and New
College, Oxford. He served, 1884-87, in the ist and 2nd Battalions
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, taking part in the Burmah Campaign
of 1887. He won special mention in despatches, and has medal
and two clasps. Leaving the Army in 1890, he joined the Militia
in 1891. He served in South Africa in 1900 as a Militia officer
attached to the Line Battalion of his Regiment, and he has the
South African medal and three clasps. He does much useful public
work in the Counties of Glamorgan and Brecon, for both of which
he is a Justice of the Peace. He was High Sheriff of Breconshire
in 1901, and is a member of the Neath Rural District Council. In
Mr. Vaughan the Conservative Party in Glamorganshire has a
sturdy champion, whose services to the cause, extending now over
many years, have called forth expressions of the heartiest apprecia-
tion. Especially was this the case when, in 1895, he was the
Conservative candidate for Mid-Glamorgan, and made a good fight
against Sir Samuel Thomas Evans, K.C., the present Solicitor-
General, in a constituency that has remained faithful to Liberalism for
many years. Although his support of the Conservative Party is
as keen as ever, Mr. Vaughan has not so far yielded to the solicita-
tions of his friends to again seek Parliamentary honours. Yachting
is one of his most favoured recreations ; he is also an accomplished
sportsman with rod and gun, and appreciates the pleasures and
advantages of the modern motor car.
Rheola is a picturesque seat situated amidst the romantic
scenery that is characteristic of the district. In the grounds that
surround the mansion is a private chapel, erected by the late Nash
Edwards Vaughan, Esq., to the memory of his wife. The public
are permitted to attend the services in the Church, which has
accommodation for about one hundred people.
Mr. Vaughan married, on October i8th, 1888, Alice
Elisabeth, eldest daughter of the late Major Waller Ashe, King's
Dragoon Guards, and has issue.
The Carlton and the Naval and Military are Mr. Vaughan's
principal Clubs.
mr$. C, B, R, fiuglKS, W
ONE of the most popular ladies in the Lampeter district, Mrs.
T. H. R. Hughes, of Neuadd-fawr, is widely known as the
Master of the Neuadd-fawr Fox Hounds. Many packs in the
country can point to the excellent sport that has been afforded by
ladies who have led the field, and the Neuadd-fawr, which has had
Mrs. Hughes as its head since 1902, is an admirable example. To
her, too, belongs the distinction of having held the mastership of
one pack for a longer period than any other lady, and the character
of the sport she has consistently shown and her genial and tactful
qualities as a leader inspire the hope that she will long retain the
position she fills with such grace and charm. A clever horse-
woman, and a lady who has always appreciated the varied delights
of life in the country, Mrs. Hughes hunts with a keenness and
enthusiasm that have contributed largely to the success of the
pack.
The Neuadd-fawr Hunt was established by the late T. H. R.
Hughes, Esq., in 1876, when the Vale of Gwilli hounds were given
up. William George, who left after twenty-three years' service in
this country to hunt the Tivyside, was his first whipper-in and
kennel huntsman and subsequently huntsman. On her husband's
death in 1902, Mrs. Hughes took over the pack, which hunts over
portions of Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire, the twenty couples
hunting two days a week. The pack is a private one, the followers
being asked for neither guarantee, subscription, nor " cap."
Mrs. Alice Mabel Hughes is a daughter of Alfred Sterry, Esq.,
of Dan-y-coed, near Swansea, and granddaughter of Henry Craw-
shay, Esq., Oaklands Park, co. Gloucester. She was born at Dan-
y-coed, and educated at home and at a school at Brighton. She
married, first, William Crawshay Dennis, Esq., and, secondly, in
1899, Thomas Hugh Rice Hughes, Esq., J.P., D.L., of Neuadd-fawr,
son of T. J. Hughes, Esq., of Castelldu, co. Cardigan.
Apart from her activities as a sportswoman, Mrs. Hughes is
largely interested in agricultural pursuits, while her benevolent
nature and practical kindliness have made her warmly esteemed by
all sections of society. She is Churchwarden of Llanwnen Parish
Church.
CHAS. COOMHE TENNANT, Hsy., J.P.
Cbarks Coomb* Ccnnant, €$q
mR. Charles Coombe Tennarit, J.P., of C^
belongs to a family who have throu^h-i ';. • i:-,t cent in v
been prominently identified with the iif'e • f ' iLur; organ -
shire. It was Mr. Tennant's grandfather, th - Twinant.,
Esq., J.P., D.L., who purchased the Rhydding l:".sta-' :, n^af Neath,
and afterwards the adjoining property of Caxioxicm. C-u his OY.TI
initiative he commenced in 1817 the fonnatio'! ftuougl. hi-.- estates,
between the rivers of Neath arid Swansea, of the inland navigatioi;
known as the Tennant Canal. The work. wi:?ch- was completed
in 1824, has since proved a very valuable asset in the industrial life
of a wide district, opening up a navigable lin- for many miles
eastward of Swansea up to the Brecon Hills.
George Tennant, Esq., died in 1832. His second son wa
the late Charles Tennant, Esq., D.L., at one time Member of Parlia-
ment for St. Albans, who married Gertrude Barbara Rich, eldest
daughter of Admiral Henry T. B. Collier, R.N., and granddaughter
of Admiral Sir George Collier, R.N., K.C.B. Of that marriage, Mr.
Cnarles Coombe Tennant is the only son. H? has three sisters, the
second of whom, Dorothy, married the late Sir Henry. Morton
Stanley, G.C.B., M.P., the famous African explorer.
Cl'.AS. CoOMUIi TliNNANT, Ksy., J.P.
CDarles Coombe Ccnnant,
mR. Charles Coombe Tennant, J.P., of Cadoxton Lodge,
belongs to a family who have throughout the last century
been prominently identified with the life of Glamorgan-
shire. It was Mr. Tennant's grandfather, the late George Tennant,
Esq., J.P., D.L., who purchased the Rhydding Estate, near Neath,
and afterwards the adjoining property of Cadoxton. On his own
initiative he commenced in 1817 the formation through his estates,
between the rivers of Neath and Swansea, of the inland navigation
known as the Tennant Canal. The work, which was completed
in 1824, has since proved a very valuable asset in the industrial life
of a wide district, opening up a navigable line for many miles
eastward of Swansea up to the Brecon Hills.
George Tennant, Esq., died in 1832. His second son was
the late Charles Tennant, Esq., D.L., at one time Member of Parlia-
ment for St. Albans, who married Gertrude Barbara Rich, eldest
daughter of Admiral Henry T. B. Collier, R.N., and granddaughter
of Admiral Sir George Collier, R.N., K.C.B. Of that marriage, Mr.
Charles Coombe Tennant is the only son. He has three sisters, the
second of whom, Dorothy, married the late Sir Henry Morton
Stanley, G.C.B., M.P., the famous African explorer.
Mr. C. C. Tennant was born in London on July 3oth, 1852,
and was educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford, where he
graduated. He married on December 12th, 1895, Winifred Margaret,
youngest daughter of George Pearce-Serocold, Esq., of Cherryhinton,
Cambridgeshire. Mr. Tennant is a Justice of the Peace for
Glamorganshire, and in politics is a Liberal Unionist. His father
died in 1873.
The family descends from the Tennants of Westmorland and
Yorkshire, an ancient House which had lands at Dent in the former
County, and later at Scotton, near Richmond, Yorkshire. The
name is to be found among the " Landed Gentry of Yorkshire "
recorded in 1434, and no fewer than nine times does the name
appear in the list of " Craven Men who followed Lord Clifford to
the Battle of Flodden Field," fought in September, 1513.
Cadoxton Lodge is a short distance from Neath. The
grounds are beautifully situated, and afford delightful views over
large tracts of the Valley of Neath.
Mr. Tennant's town residence is 5, Sloane Court, S.W., and
he is a member of Brooks's Club. He has one son, George
Christopher Serocold, born in 1897; an(^ one daughter, Daphne
Barbara, born in 1907.
I/KEDK. W. HARRIS, Ety., J.I'.
Frederick Ulilllam Harris, €$4., J.p.
R UMBERED among the public men < •'.:;.i:-:;<>rg-anshirt \vho
have had a direct and important ni^ -j;,-on th«^ Couuty
during the last thirty or forty years is Mi Y< -\1en.A W:]!:'irn
Harris, J.P. Intimately connected •.'*.: ert--it . xakn m.ing
industry, he has had' a share in the !-v- ' of >.-\ «:r;J
important coalfields in South Walts, a:. ??>u , coTnnDu'fa,
to a very appreciable extent, to il" pn./:<.- th, .. ha^ in
recent decades characterised the (-on-.n:- ./uisliir<s. ID
this connection he is best known a- fuf 'i.!tuivlr: ^f the Dtcp
Navigation Colliery and of the town -.. i'-f-harris, which latter has
developed into a populous and thri , lr^ < immunity.
Born at Stoke Newington in i* -; j, \!r. H..ir:fs v.^. a son of
the late Edward Harris, Esq., and IsaJ> daughter of
the late John Tindail, Esq., of Knapv.>n 1-J; He was
educated at a private school of the So- s iends, ar.d married in
1856, Elizabeth Rachel, daughter of the Late Peter McLeod Wylie,
Esq., of Edinburgh. .
A man of ripe wisdom, equal-handed justice, and generous
and sympathetic instincts, Mr. Harns has throughout his long life
before him a high standard of commercial honour, and his
whole career is a permanent te to the usefulness of well-
I'KEDK. W. HARRIS, Kty-,,
Frederick William fiarris, €$q,t 3.p.
n UMBERED among the public men of Glamorganshire who
have had a direct and important influence upon the County
during the last thirty or forty years is Mr. Frederick William
Harris, J.P. Intimately connected with the great coalmining
industry, he has had a share in the development of several
important coalfields in South Wales, and has thus contributed,
to a very appreciable extent, to the great progress that has in
recent decades characterised the commerce of Glamorganshire. In
this connection he is best known as the Founder of the Deep
Navigation Colliery and of the town of Treharris, which latter has
developed into a populous and thriving community.
Born at Stoke Newington in 1833, Mr. Harris was a son of
the late Edward Harris, Esq., and Isabella, his wife, a daughter of
the late John Tindall, Esq., of Knapton Hall, co. York. He was
educated at a private school of the Society of Friends, and married in
1856, Elizabeth Rachel, daughter of the late Peter McLeod Wylie,
Esq., of Edinburgh.
A man of ripe wisdom, equal-handed justice, and generous
and sympathetic instincts, Mr. Harris has throughout his long life
set before him a high standard of commercial honour, and his
whole career is a permanent testimony to the usefulness of well-
directed energies. While conscious of the essential purpose served
by the monarchs of industry and the controlling influence of men
possessing rare business ability, Mr. Harris has ever been mindful
of the claims and interests of labour, so that the humblest workers
in the mines have reason to appreciate his practical concern for their
welfare, shown, as it has been, in a variety of ways.
Mr. Harris's public services have been of a varied character.
With his business enterprise and exceptional commercial ability,
there has always been blended a deep and sincere regard for the
welfare of others which has found generous and thoughtful
expression. Among his business colleagues he long ago gained
much popularity, and he is held in the highest esteem in commercial
circles in the City of London. For about twenty years (1886-1905)
he was Chairman of the Coal Factors Society (London). He is a
member of the Court of the Drapers Company, in which he has
served the office of Master; and he is also a Director of the
Commercial Union Assurance Company, Limited. He is a member
of the Council of the University College of Wales and on the
Commission of the Peace for the County of Glamorganshire ; while
a more recent honour has been his appointment as one of His
Majesty's Lieutenants for the City of London. Those we have
mentioned represent only some of the more important of his
interests and responsibilities. He looks back upon a life that is
not inaptly described as one of the strenuous order, and the
usefulness of which is recognised by all who are or have been
privileged to know him in the various spheres of his activity.
Mr. Harris is a Tariff Reformer whose position in the
commercial world and knowledge in several branches of the
country's trade give special weight to his opinions on this much-
debated fiscal question.
Park Grove, Withyham, Sussex, is Mr. Harris's country
home, and his town residence is 23, Devonshire Place, W. He is
a member of the City of London Club.
CLEMENSTONE.
fttrs. frankUn of Ckmcnstonc,
mRS. Hil'da Ada Vendigaed Franklen, of CIe;.ie<
Bridgend, is the widow of the iate Lieut. -Colonel Ciuuie.s
Richard Franklen, R.A., of Clemeastono (%v
married in 1891), and a daughter of A. D. Ik-rrington,
Pantygoitre, Abergavenny. The late Lieut. -Colonel Frank
was a son of Richard Franklen, Esq., of Clemenstone, was a
Deputy-Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Glamorganshire,
which County he served as High^Sheriff in 1886. The mansion of
Clemenstone is pleasantly situated in the parish ot-St. Andrew
Minor, about five miles frotn Bridgend.
CLEMENSTONE.
ilJrs. Franklen of
mRS. Hilda Ada Vendigaed Franklen, of Clemenstone,
Bridgend, is the widow of the late Lieut. -Colonel Charles
Richard Franklen, R.A., of Clemenstone (whom she
married in 1891), and a daughter of A. D. Berrington, Esq., of
Pantygoitre, Abergavenny. The late Lieut. -Colonel Franklen, who
was a son of Richard Franklen, Esq., of Clemenstone, was a
Deputy-Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Glamorganshire,
which County he served as High Sheriff in 1886. The mansion of
Clemenstone is pleasantly situated in the parish of St. Andrew
Minor, about five miles from Bridgend.
MORGAN THOMAS, ESQ., J.P.
Morgan Cbomas, tsq*, 3*P«
CHE second son of Tliomas i'humas, Esq. Mi, Morgan
J.P., of Abersenny, Senny Bridge, b . ••.( xmshiiv, \va? born
Pantygwin, Carmarthenshire, in ib].;;, H.<UJ ediiraicd
Llandovery School. His public career has oi-<--ii a!mo:i -.vlv: -Uy
connection with Breconshire, and h's servi'.*. to the '(>!n\.un:iv
have been those of a gentleman whose deep iutercs*. ,n thealiHirs of
the County could never be questioned. It might, wll be written of
him that he is a typical country gentleman and a very popu
squire. The majority of his interests ate centred , i the rural i.ft-
around him, for he is a keen agriculturist and an excellent landlord,
with a liking for those recreative pursuits vvhirh are characteristic
of country life and with perhaps a strong persona! preference for
shooting and fishing.
At the same time Mr. Thomas devotes considerable time to
public business, and has long been a populai fagure in County
circles. He served as High Sheriff of Breconshire in 1894-95, and
has been for many years a Justice of the Peace for that County,
MORGAN THOMAS, ESQ., J.P.
Cbomas,
CHE second son of Thomas Thomas, Esq., Mr. Morgan Thomas,
J.P., of Abersenny, Senny Bridge, Breconshire, was born at
Pantygwin, Carmarthenshire, in 1847, and educated at
Llandovery School. His public career has been almost wholly in
connection with Breconshire, and his services to the community
have been those of a gentleman whose deep interest in the affairs of
the County could never be questioned. It might well be written of
him that he is a typical country gentleman and a very popular
squire. The majority of his interests are centred in the rural life
around him, for he is a keen agriculturist and an excellent landlord,
with a liking for those recreative pursuits which are characteristic
of country life and with perhaps a strong personal preference for
shooting and fishing.
At the same time Mr. Thomas devotes considerable time to
public business, and has long been a popular figure in County
circles. He served as High Sheriff of Breconshire in 1894-95, and
has been for many years a Justice of the Peace for that County,
adjudicating in the Devynock Division. His election as an Alder-
man of the County Council was a singularly happy choice, and an
honour conferred upon one who is ever ready to do his utmost to
advance the prosperity and general welfare of the Shire. Mr.
Thomas takes much more than a passing interest in political affairs
and as in other spheres of activity brings to bear upon political
questions a ripe judgment and wide experience. The Conservative
Party has in him a stalwart and valued supporter.
Mr. Thomas is married to Elizabeth, daughter of David
Price, Esq., of Nantyharn, co. Brecon.
MRS. RICHARD CRAWSHAY OF TV-MAWR.
Ittrs, Crawsftap of Cp=mau>n
mRS. Tempe Isabella Crawshay, of Ty-Mawr, near Aber-
gavenny, is the eldest daughter of Colonel Teddy Oakes,
and widow of Richard Frederick Crawshay, Esq., J.P.,
D.L. (who died in 1903), third sou of Robert Thompson Crawshay,
Esq., of Cyfarthfa Castle, co. Glamorgan. Born in London, Mrs.
Crawshay was educated in England, France, and Germany, and is
well-known in social circles for her varied accomplishments
principally as a vocalist, and also as a player of piano, guitar,
and mandoline. She has sung on many occasions in the cause of
charity, and has written a good deal of poetry. She is the author
of the following poem, which appeared in " The Herefordshire
Magazine," December, 1907 :—
"THE LARK."
Soar high, thou radiant bird
With voice divine,
Sweeter notes ne'er were heard—
Each one so fine.
Joyous thy precious life,
Trilling all day,
Sounds like a distant fife
Played by some fay.
Floating through ether pure
'Neath the blue sky,
Trying thy mate to lure,
To thee on high.
Now, almost lost to sight,
Down — again, low,
Passing through cloudlets white,
Swiftly dost go.
Drinking the sweet dewdrops,
Chasing the bees,
Through fields of clustering hops,
O'er wild heartsease.
Skimming o'er fields of corn-
Colour of gold,
Watching the buds at dawn,
Slowly unfold.
Brushing past meadow-sweet
Low on the ground,
Scattering the blades of wheat,
Freely around.
Paying no heed at all
To summer showers,
Answering the thrushes' call,
Kissing the flowers.
Resting in noon-tide heat
'Neath poppies red,
Where lacy fern-fronds meet
Close over-head.
Then through fields drenched with dew
Back to thy rest —
Flow'rets of every hue,
Circle thy nest.
Hiding thy tiny head
Under thy wing,
Warm in thy fragrant bed
Out on the ling.
Now, at the day's decline
Come forth the stars,
And in their glory shine
Vega and Mars.
Softly the moon -beams play
Over the earth,
Waiting — until next day
Shall have its birth.
Mrs. Crawshay has one son, Richard Oakes Crawshay, Esq.,
of the Grenadier Guards, and two daughters. Her London residence
is 13, York House, Kensington Palace Gardens.
JOHN THOMAS, ESQ., J.P.
Jobti CDohta*, €$3*, l.p«
CIVING the quiet life of a mur. ry g<".ntlf n ^-
J.P., of Vrondolay, New <>....; has t^.vo «'; u y.tice
or courted widespread {;••. ; --• v.ere
properly recognised in 1904, wu- •< Yt.-, n ,:;>•> .',;.. ,;'i-n the
mission of the Peace for i!>^ C. -Lr.ry .it type
of country squire who finds <utfv :t-ri* -:\op< K'-r :<- : in the
immediate neighbourhood of ho t/.vt: iiomo, ?•-•,••! v 't.> i.1:^ ;i; Crests
of that locality he is happily idfntitVd,
,?.iian Spiritualist of intense and !>::-. r;>: ,.-•< MS
regard his life is a union cf »igrd adhcr^cif
large and sensitive catholicity. The rch^-.c;
conceives it, is meant to put the axe ^u
tree in Church and State. In Education h* fc->
schcx;-ls should be [definitely moral but nr\ uUfcW
should be supported by all without dSsla:!i tion '>t ctfca
rsorially, he is one of the most aUrActive, although one of
tht obtrusive, in the public lib. :A Nsw Quay. A bright
man, fairly strong in b-- t.-il! \u stature, he flingg
JOHN THOMAS, ESQ., J.P.
3oftn Cbomas,
CIVING the quiet life of a country gentleman, Mr. John Thomas,
J.P., of Vrondolay, New Quay, has never sought public office
or courted widespread popularity, but his qualities were
properly recognised in 1904, when his name was placed upon the
Commission of the Peace for the County. He is rather that type
of country squire who finds sufficient scope for his activities in the
immediate neighbourhood of his own home, and with the interests
of that locality he is happily identified. In religion he is a
Unitarian Spiritualist of intense and fervent conviction. In this
regard his life is a union of rigid adherence to principle with a
large and sensitive catholicity. The religion of Jesus, as he
conceives it, is meant to put the axe to the root of every evil
tree in Church and State. In Education he holds the view that all
schools should be [definitely moral but not religious, and therefore
should be supported by all without distinction of class or creed.
Personally, he is one of the most attractive, although one of
the least obtrusive, in the public life of New Quay. A bright
vivacious man, fairly strong in build, and tall in stature, he flings
personality into all he does or says. Great reluctance to be
paragraphed has kept Mr. Thomas out of the public eye. He is
of the brainy type of man, alert intellectually, and with a wide
horizon of interests.
It was Mr. Thomas who in 1903, when the desire on the
part of the public and farmers of the district to combine for
purposes of trade among themselves became general, gave the
movement his guidance and the impulse of his personal influence,
which secured the immediate establishment at New Quay of the
New Quay Agricultural Society, Ltd., which to-day is an unquali-
fied success.
It was he also who, through his great personal influence and
strength of purpose, after many years of persistent representation to
the Company, induced the Directors of Lloyds Bank, Ltd., to
extend their service to New Quay. For this most valuable service
the public generally are greatly indebted to Mr. Thomas, whom
they justly hold in the highest esteem.
His influence and experience have been exerted also in other
directions, such as the development on a large scale of his valuable
building-stone quarry, and the establishment at New Quay of a
textile industry, neither of which schemes, however, as yet has
reached fruition. They serve to show, however, the high regard in
which he holds the general welfare of New Quay and district.
In private life Mr. Thomas is known as one of the kindest
and most generous of men. He is a benefactor, nevertheless
discriminating, of every worthy local cause, and the upholder of
good institutions generally by word and deed. But whatever
virtues Mr. Thomas may possess are outstanding also, with no less
prominence, in the character of his kind-hearted and amiable wife.
Whatever success Mr. Thomas has achieved, all is in part due to
her sympathy and valuable assistance, and she shares with him the
high place accorded in the public esteem.
The eldest son of the late Jenkin Thomas, Esq., Mr. Thomas
was born at Pentybont, Rhydowen, Llandyssul, in 1861, and
educated at Penybontshan Grammar School, Broomy Hill Academy,
Hereford, and Dolgelley Grammar School. He married in 1894
Elizabeth Jane Evans, daughter of the late David Evans, Esq., J.P.,
of Vrondolay, New Quay.
While Mr. Thomas is not unsympathetic towards the more
popular of country pursuits, he has a keen inclination towards the
study of occult science, and in this direction he is engrossed in one
of the most fascinating of the sciences, which affords surely infinite
scope for keen observance and studious inquiry.
In politics Mr. Thomas is a Liberal who keeps himself
thoroughly abreast of the times on all the leading topics of the
day.
D. L. JONES, t-sy., J.P.
Daoid Ccwls Jones, e$q,
I \TIFIED for many svirs W>MI the p-Jni; i-fe of Carmarthen -
re, Mr. David Lewis Jones J !'., of IV. !w\n, I lanll'iwdvic^,
who is now one of the vfi •••raus among thf- public men of the
v, has exerted a considerable influoace. iu several spheres of
/ and gained that respr- t n.ir.<H:-g ! us -fellows whic.li is -the
>-; reward of all who render conscientitx'b sen-ice. Like .ill
men who adhere strictly to high principles, he has found
t the course of public business has not been consistently a
jth one, but whether in a majority or ao<, he has always
advanced his opinions with courage and independence, and has
earned a reputation for the soundness of his judgment and his
marked administrative ability.
A native of the County, Mr. Jones was born at Perlwyn in
1839, being the eldest son of the late David Joues, Esq., of Cross
Vale, Carmarthenshire. He was educated at Derhvyn College,
subsequently at the Normal College at Swansea, and University
College, London ; and married, in 187 4, Elizabeth, daughter of the
Thomas Jones, Esq., of Deilvyn Villa.
1). L. JONES, h.sy., J.P.
Ccrois Jones, €sq,, 3*P*
IDENTIFIED for many years with the public life of Carmarthen-
shire, Mr. David Lewis Jones, J.P., of Derlwyn, Llanllawddog,
who is now one of the veterans among the public men of the
County, has exerted a considerable influence in several spheres of
activity and gained that respect among his fellows which is the
sure reward of all who render conscientious service. Like all
public men who adhere strictly to high principles, he has found
that the course of public business has not been consistently a
smooth one, but whether in a majority or not, he has always
advanced his opinions with courage and independence, and has
earned a reputation for the soundness of his judgment and his
marked administrative ability.
A native of the County, Mr. Jones was born at Derlwyn in
1839, being the eldest son of the late David Jones, Esq., of Cross
Vale, Carmarthenshire. He was educated at Derlwyn College,
subsequently at the Normal College at Swansea, and University
College, London; and married, in 1874, Elizabeth, daughter of the
late Thomas Jones, Esq., of Derlwyn Villa.
It is many years since Mr. Jones first entered public life, and
such has been the usefulness of his career that his services have met
with widespread appreciation. This was especially marked when
he was elected Chairman of the Carmarthen Board of Guardians,
his experience of the Poor Law and general business ability
qualifying him to discharge with general acceptance the duties of
that office. On the Carmarthenshire County Council he has
demonstrated his deep interest in the affairs of the shire, and now
occupies a seat on the Aldermanic Bench.
Not wholly absorbed in business of wider import, Mr. Jones
devotes much of his attention to the parochial affairs in his own
district, his chairmanship of the Parish Council being only one of
the many ways in which he seeks to advance the welfare of his
neighbours, and the good government of his parish. He has also
served as an Income Tax Commissioner for many years. It was in
1894 that he was placed on the Commission of the Peace for the
County, and on the Carmarthen Bench has exercised his magisterial
duties with thoroughness and discretion. He is an active member
of the Liberal Party, and takes a practical interest in the farming
industry, owning considerable land in the parish of Llanllawddog
and adjoining parishes.
Mr. D. L. Jones is a brother of the late Dr. Tom Jones, of
Manchester, who died in South Africa during the late War. Dr.
Jones was Surgeon-in-chief to the Welsh Hospital.
Cftomas Daoics, esq
,,
CHE public career of Mr. Thomas Davies, J.P., of Vronolau,
Aberedw, Builth Wells, is one that will bear the closest
scrutiny. For nearly twenty years he has been one of the
most active public men in Radnorshire, while in point of usefulness
he is also entitled to take a prominent position, for his service,
always characterised by energy and the utmost integrity and
honesty of purpose, has been directed with singular ability and
success. Few men speak with greater authority as to the public
affairs of the County ; certainly few are listened to with greater
respect on any matters that affect the welfare of the shire.
Lately raised to the Aldermanic Bench of the County
Council and elected Vice-Chairman of that body, Mr. Davies
had previously for no fewer than eighteen years sat as the repre-
sentative on that Authority of the Second District of Colwyn.
During that time he naturally acquired a very extensive knowledge
of County affairs, and exercised also a considerable and steadily
increasing influence on the administrative work and on questions
of policy, gaining a reputation for shrewdness and business ability
that have come to be highly valued by his colleagues, whose
wisdom in selecting him for Aldermanic honours is matter for
mutual congratulation.
Poor Law administration in the Bui 1th Union also owes a
good deal to the zealous public work of Alderman Davies. He is
quite one of the oldest members of the Builth Board of Guardians,
and for fifteen years has presided over that authority, directing
their proceedings with a clear knowledge of the Poor Law and with
a happy tact and wise discretion that have made him very popular
and assured him of a long term of office. His interest in public
matters also embraces an active part in local educational adminis-
tration, and he is Chairman of the Cregrina District of Provided
Schools. He is also a member of the Colwyn District Council and
has been a Justice of the Peace for Radnorshire since 1894.
Politically he is an active supporter of the Liberal Party.
Alderman Davies is also widely known as a successful
farmer, who is largely interested in the breeding of pedigree sheep,
cattle, and horses, in which direction he has achieved a good
measure of success. Interested in the principal English sports, he
is especially fond of shooting.
The second son of James Davies, Esq., Mr. Davies was born
at Fronolau in 1858 and was educated at Glasbury. He married
Miss James, of Vedw, Glascwmb.
MRS. GwENLLIAN PRICE
iftrs* 6u>cnllian price.
mRS. Gweullian Pricf.-, of I.iaficlieu C<uir(., f •!:.:' '.. .1-
native of Breconsh'ire. and her deep pff-
County in which she has lived practi.v''
her life is easily understood. She was bc»-^ .-<•
near Trecastle, on September ill., f^?, being a d..:!^ vlc
Itnkin Thomas Watkins, Esq.. of Bryntwarch. Kduc •.'.<:-.• 1 l5re< on,
^he married the late David Price. 'Lsq., of Tre<loiu?v, *''i'l ••^•^ >nu-e
May ist, 1856, resided at Llanelieu Court .idtv-is HI the
ict have a better acquaintance with kxv.l i.isloiy ovrr such a
loag period, or can appreciale more deeply t!>c gutai changes that
came over rural life in that part of Wales dying !!K- !:>' half of
the nineteenth century. A considerable landowner, hot interests
largely concerned with agriculture, while her kindness of
position and her practical interest in the welfare o? her poorer
neighbours have made her. "a much-esteemed figure m the district
where her long residence has made her so well-known.
Llanelieu Court is situated near the Parij-K Church, whici
much of antiquarian interest about it, and the old stocks when*
offenders were punished are still to be seen. Inside the Church aif
paintings of Red and White Roses, which indicated neutrality-
ing the Wars of the Roses. There are in the parish remains of
a British camp.
MRS. GwENLLIAN PRICE
mr$< GuKiiiiian price.
mRS. Gwenllian Price, of Llanelieu Court, Talgarth, is a
native of Breconshire, and her deep affection for the
County in which she has lived practically the whole of
her life is easily understood. She was born at Bryntwarch,
near Trecastle, on September 4th, 1832, being a daughter of the late
Jenkin Thomas Watkins, Esq., of Bryntwarch. Educated at Brecon,
she married the late David Price, Esq., of Tredomen, and has since
May ist, 1856, resided at Llanelieu Court. Few residents in the
district have a better acquaintance with local history over such a
long period, or can appreciate more deeply the great changes that
came over rural life in that part of Wales during the last half of
the nineteenth century. A considerable landowner, her interests
are largely concerned with agriculture, while her kindness of
disposition and her practical interest in the welfare of her poorer
neighbours have made her a much-esteemed figure in the district
where her long residence has made her so well-known.
Llanelieu Court is situated near the Parish Church, which
has much of antiquarian interest about it, and the old stocks where
offenders were punished are still to be seen. Inside the Church are
paintings of Red and White Roses, which indicated neutrality
during the Wars of the Roses. There are in the parish remains of
a British camp.
Mrs. Price has always been interested in old furniture, and
one of many antique treasures in her home is a valuable carved oak
dining-table, dating from 1633. It is interesting to note that it
was in Llanelieu Court or near to it that the celebrated Revivalist,
Howell Harris, of Trevecca, preached in 1736. Mrs. Price is a
member of the Calvinistic Methodist Church.
DK. JOHN MORGAN, J.P.
Dr. 3ol)n tPorflan, 3*P«
iP^R- John Morgan, J.P., of Mount Hazel, Pontrhy
[1 Aberystwyth, has for manv years been pr..>rriiruiilh
with educational administration in that part oi
shire, and his services have b*-en highly valued. Hi- \;ienen,:-
embraces the days of the School Boards, when he was Cluiirnv.^
of the Yspytty Ystwyth Bot.rd and Vice-Chairman -f -.hat at
Llanfihangel Creuddin, while the altered conditions of ^drrlnibtr -i-
tion still find him actively associated with educational bu: in •• s$ in
the County, holding as he cues the position f Clia.rmau ;,' th'%
Managers of Yspytty Ystwyth Group of School- ",nder ihe C-
Council. His deep interest in aii Ihat «.oncems educa's
progress and his able guidance of busme- ajo
widely recognised for their value and influence.
the Peace for the County. He takes great it:',
meetings and local Eisteddfodan, having aot.^a a^ Chan-mat, a;
most of the Eisteddfodan in his district for upward- oi tw.enty-.nve
years.
Dr. Morgan was born on New Year's Day, jS$3: at Hafod-
newydd, Pontrhydfendigaid, Cardiganshire, being a son of David
Morgan, Esq., of Hafodnewydd. He was educated at Ystradmeurig,
DK. JOHN MORGAN, J.P.
Dr. Joftn Morgan, 3,p,
DR. John Morgan, J.P., of Mount Hazel, Pontrhydygroes, near
Aberystwyth, has for many years been prominently connected
with educational administration in that part of Cardigan-
shire, and his services have been highly valued. His experience
embraces the days of the School Boards, when he was Chairman
of the Yspytty Ystwyth Board and Vice-Chairman of that at
Llanfihangel Creuddin, while the altered conditions of administra-
tion still find him actively associated with educational business in
the County, holding as he does the position of Chairman of the
Managers of Yspytty Ystwyth Group of Schools under the County
Council. His deep interest in all that concerns educational
progress and his able guidance of business connected with it are
widely recognised for their value and influence. He is a Justice of
the Peace for the County. He takes great interest in literary
meetings and local Eisteddfodan, having acted as Chairman at
most of the Eisteddfodan in his district for upwards of twenty-five
years.
Dr. Morgan was born on New Year's Day, 1853, at Hafod-
newydd, Pontrhydfendigaid, Cardiganshire, being a son of David
Morgan, Esq., of Hafodnewydd. He was educated at Ystradmeurig,
Aberystwyth, and Guy's Hospital, London, afterwards becoming a
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (England). He is
Medical Officer for the Tregaron and Aberystwyth Unions. Dr.
Morgan married, first, a daughter of John Davies, Esq., of Llanerch-
pentir, and, secondly, a daughter of Thomas Thomas, Esq., of
Pentrebrunant.
In politics Dr. Morgan is a Unionist Free Trader. Apart
from his views on the fiscal question, he also diSers from his Party
on Education, believing that there should be complete public
control over public money and that there should be no sectarian
tests for teachers.
Dr. Morgan is very popular as a keen sportsman.
Dr. Ulilliam Ulatkin Ecigh, 3.p.
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TW PROMINENT and popular member of the medical profession
in South Wales is Dr. William Watkin Leigh, ex-President
of the Monmouth and South Wales Branch of the British
Medical Association, and Justice of the Peace for Glamorganshire.
His residence is Glyn Bargoed House, Treharris, and in this busy
mining district Dr. Leigh has an extensive practice. He is surgeon
to the Gelligaer and Harris Steam Coal Collieries, and holds many
public appointments, being Medical Officer to the neighbouring
parish of Llanfabon and district, in the Union of Pontypridd, and
Gelligaer in the Merthyr Tydfil Union. He is also the Public
Vaccinator for the district.
Dr. Leigh, who was born in 1854, is the son of the late John
Leigh, Esq., of Llanfabon (who was a Fellow of the Royal College
of Surgeons and a Justice of the Peace for Glamorganshire), by
Harriett, daughter of the late Rev. Watkin Watkins, Rector of
Bedwus, Monmouthshire. After an education at King's College,
London, Dr. Leigh studied medicine at Guy's Hospital and early
achieved distinction. In 1878, then only twenty-four years of age,
he was made Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians (Edin-
burgh), and L.M., and the same year he was admitted a Member of
the Royal College of Surgeons (England), and Licentiate of the
Society of Apothecaries. He is also a Fellow of the British
Gynaecol Society, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Dr. Leigh, who is a Conservative, was married in 1883 to
Jessie Louisa, daughter of the late William Jones, Esq., J.P., of
Tanybryn, Cefn Coed, formerly general manager of the Cyfarthfa
Iron Works.
morris Dacics,
BORN at Aberystwyth on March 2nd, 1844, Mr. Morris Davies,
of Troy House, Rugby, the owner of an estate in Cardigan-
shire, is the only son of the late James Davies, Esq., J.P.,
D.L., of Ffosrhydgaled, co Cardigan. He was educated at Edin-
burgh University and Rugby, and has been twice married. He
married first, in 1876, Mary A. E., eldest daughter of the late G. W.
Parry, Esq., J.P., D.L., of Lydiarde, Cardigan, who died in 1888 ;
and secondly, in 1890, Mary Laura, eldest daughter of the late
Thomas Bonsall, Esq., of Glan Rheidol, Cardigan, and widow of
Colonel Lloyd J. A. Philipps, of Mabws, Cardigan. By his second
marriage he has one daughter. Mr. Davies, who was called to the
Bar of the Inner Temple in 1867, is a Justice of the Peace and
Deputy-Lieutenant for Cardiganshire, and is in politics a Conserva-
tive, his London Club being the Junior Carlton. He is interested
in the principal English games and sports, and is especially fond of
cricket.
Daoid Robert Jones, €sq
KNOWN over a wide area in South Wales, Mr. David Robert
Jones, J.P., of Llwynygroes, Llanybyther, operates extensively
as an estate agent, and is very popular among the large
number of public men with whom he is acquainted. He himself
undertakes a good deal of public work in the neighbourhood of his
home, serving both as a member of the Board of Guardians and
also as a Magistrate.
Mr. Jones is a son of the late William Jones, J.P., D.L., of
Llwynygroes, and was educated at Aberystwyth Grammar School
and St. David's College School, Lampeter. He is agent to Mrs. T.
H. R. Hughes, M.F.H., Neuadd-fawr, Lampeter, and also for the
Rev. T. Evans, while he acts as sub-agent for Sir William Thomas
Lewis for some property in Carmarthenshire. He gives his active
political support to the Unionist Party.
flrtDur Daoid DaDies, €$q
BORN at Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, in 1835, Mr. Arthur David
Davies has for the whole of his life been connected with the
town of his birth — a town in whose welfare he has displayed
much interest, and which regards him as one of its most esteemed
residents. Although never aspiring to prominence in public life,
Mr. Davies has nevertheless rendered the community good service
in those spheres which have attracted his interest, and this has
especially been the case in matters educational, indicated by his
position as a Governor of the South Wales] and Monmouthshire
University College, to the affairs of which he has devoted much
attention ever since its foundation. His name was placed upon the
Commission of the Peace for Carmarthenshire in 1901, and he is
also a Commissioner of Income Tax. Mr. Davies has been for many
years an ardent collector of old china, pictures, furniture, and curios,
and the valuable collection of antique treasures contained in his
residence at Goring Place, Llanelly, is testimony both of his
enthusiasm and knowledge as a connoisseur.
Mr. Davies, who is the only son of the late Dr. D. A. Davies,
of Llanelly, was educated at Llandovery College, and married in
1856 Anne Mercie, daughter of the late Hugh Waddle, Esq.
DANIEL JENKIX WILLIAMS, ESQ., J.P.
Daniel Jciikln Williams, tsq.. 3.p.
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ONE of the best known public rnr-r. in (.".;tr'.i;a'ansiiirp.. Mr.
Daniel Jenkin Williams, of Arufoed. Tiv^a-...- h t.- ^i many
years devoted much of his time to me d'-/.h;irg< •••!' piib
duties. He is one of Hie oldest members o; i.h^ Carcin:,-uisit!'-t:
County Council, first connected with that authcu'v ihree
after its inauguration, at;d his asscx-uailon with it h,<s sirv.-c oren
uninterrupted. For six vears during that time he \vas an Aldri .-nan,
but in March, 1907, he resumed his place among the elected of the
people, as the representative of Tregaron.
In 1905 Mr. Williams was Chairman of the County Coun< i
He is a member of the Joint Police, Mam Roads,, and Public
Health Committees, and has held the chairmanship ot the two firbt-
named. In the Poor Law and local administration of his own
district, Mr. Williams takes an active part as member of the
Tregaron Board of Guardians and Rural District Council. He was
formerly Chairman of the Board, and is at present the Chairman
of one of its most important committees, that dealing with assess-
ments.
DANIEL JENKIN WILLIAMS, ESQ., J.P.
Daniel jenkin Ulilliams, fcsq., J.p.
ONE of the best known public men in Cardiganshire, Mr.
Daniel Jenkin Williams, of Argoed, Tregaron, has for many
years devoted much of his time to the discharge of public
duties. He is one of the oldest members of the Cardiganshire
County Council, first connected with that authority three years
after its inauguration, and his association with it has since been
uninterrupted. For six years during that time he was an Alderman,
but in March, 1907, he resumed his place among the elected of the
people, as the representative of Tregaron.
In 1905 Mr. Williams was Chairman of the County Council.
He is a member of the Joint Police, Main Roads, and Public
Health Committees, and has held the chairmanship of the two first-
named. In the Poor Law and local administration of his own
district, Mr. Williams takes an active part as member of the
Tregaron Board of Guardians and Rural District Council. He was
formerly Chairman of the Board, and is at present the Chairman
of one of its most important committees, that dealing with assess-
ments.
A Justice of the Peace for co. Cardigan, Mr. Williams has
the distinction of being the senior magistrate adjudicating on the
Penarth Bench. His whole career has maintained the best
traditions of public life, and the esteem in which he is widely
held is a just reflection of the high character of his services.
Mr. Williams is the second son of David Williams, Esq., of
Abercoed, Tregaron, where he was born. He was educated at
Tregaron, Aberystwyth, and Carmarthen, and married Martha
Williams, of Lyndomen. In politics his support is given to the
Liberal Party.
Iknrp Dawep, €sq., J.p.
CO be zealous for the public good is one of the healthiest of
conditions, and no one who knows Mr. George Davey, J.P.,
of Woodside, Briton Ferry, Glamorganshire, would deny that
he has laboured earnestly and honourably for the benefit of the
community in the neighbourhood of his home. Never courting
popularity, but seeking rather to unostentatiously perform his
duties and undertake the many kindnesses and good works in
which he delights, it is easy to understand the great esteem in
which he is held throughout a wide district. His association with
Glamorganshire extends over a considerable length of time, and his
name has been for many years on the Commission of the Peace for
the County, his duties in connection with that office being
discharged with the utmost thoroughness, a characteristic which
is apparent in all that Mr. Davey undertakes.
A staunch Churchman, Mr. Davey is a prominent member
of the congregation of St. Catherine's, the Parish Church of Baglan.
He is in politics a Conservative.
Mr. Davey, who is a son of the late George Davey, Esq., of
Briton Ferry, was born at Bristol in 1838, and received his educa-
tion at the Friends' School, Sidcot, Somerset. He married in 1866,
Henrietta Jane, daughter of James Morgan, Esq., of Cork.
HOWEL WALTERS, ESQ., J.P.
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Rowel Walters, esq., J.p.
IN the political life of Breconshire, no less than in the general
life of the County, Mr. Howel Walters, of Cynlais House,
Ystradgynlais, has for many years had claims to be regarded as
one of the foremost of public men, and his valuable services have
been long stamped with that pleasing recognition which finds
expression in the esteem of one's fellows. A brief acquaintance
with the affairs of the locality convinces one that the widespread
regard in which Mr. Walters is held is as sincere as it is well deserved.
In length of public service he has few rivals in the County, and the
character of his work has been such as leaves behind it the influence
of a strenuous personality, actuated by a strong desire for the public
good. Throughout his career he has taken a deep and worthy
interest in most public matters affecting his native County, and has
won in a singular degree the confidence and good opinion of all with
whom public business has brought him in contact.
Not many men in the County, for instance, have over a long
period of years had such an intimate acquaintance with educational
affairs, and in the many matters that have occupied and still occupy
his attention no subject is approached by him with more real and
sympathetic interest. Early in his career he realised the importance
that must of necessity be given to education in any community that
aimed at progress and good government. Thus he was Chairman
of the British School Committee in his native town, before that far-
reaching development in educational administration which saw the
inauguration of School Boards. For fifteen years afterwards he was
a member of the School Board, relinquishing that position to devote
a large share of his time to the duties of a County Alderman, his
valuable services being fittingly recognised when, on the formation
of the Breconshire County Council, he was elected to a seat on
the Aldermanic Bench.
Another indication of his widespread interest in education is
afforded by the useful work he accomplished during the four years he
represented the County as a Governor of Aberystwyth University
College. He was, too, a member of the Breconshire Governing
Body until the Education Act of 1902 came into operation, while
now he finds useful scope for his activities as Chairman of the
Managers of Intermediate Funds for Ystradgynlais District. As far
back as 1868-69, Mr. Walters was a Guardian of the Poor; he was
too, a member of the first Joint Committee of Management of the
Breconshire Police, and on many other committees demonstrated
his usefulness in public life. Thoroughly well deserved was the
honour conferred upon him in 1892, when he was placed on the
Commission of the Peace for the County. As a Magistrate he
adjudicates in the Ystradgynlais Division.
For the greater part of a long life has Mr. Walters been
identified with the fortunes of Liberalism in Breconshire. Among
all who are familiar with his eminent service in this respect, it is
common knowledge that he has never spared himself in his advocacy
of the political faith he has so much at heart, as he has also worked
strenuously for the efficiency of the Party organisation. Through
the many changes he has seen in political life and in the fluctuating
fortunes that mark the history of any great party, Mr. Walters has
always shown firm allegiance to essential principles, and has for long
ranked among the stalwarts of the Liberal Party in the County.
Ever since 1874 he has been President of the Liberal Association
of Ystradgynlais, and he is also Vice-President of the Liberal
Executive of the County. For more than forty years he has taken
a foremost part in all political and social reforms in the district, and
he affords a fine example of how a vigorous resoluteness in public
life may be happily combined with those valuable qualities of courtesy
and tact.
Among the institutions in which Mr. Walters takes a great
interest is the Eisteddfod, and in this connection he has won prizes
for a " Historical Sketch of Music in the Swansea Valley," and a
" History of the Parish of Ystradgynlais." On the the latter subject
he is exceedingly well informed, and he has shown the greatest
interest in his native town. Mr. Walters was born on December
gth, 1834, on the spot where he now resides.
His preliminary education was received at the Elementary
School, Ystradgynlais, and he afterwards attended the Normal
College at Swansea. A knowledge of French he acquired in France.
He is married to Mary, daughter of Richard Morgan, Esq., of
Penrhin Farm.
HENRY NATHANIEL MIERS, ESQ., J.P.
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ONE of the most ardent of Welsh Tariff Reformers is Mr. Henry
Nathaniel Miers of Ynyspenllwch, Clydach, for, Conserva-
tive though he be in his main political principles, he yet
firmly believes that a revised tariff is imperative if the British
Empire is to retain its old time supremacy in this work-a-day
world. As Chairman of the Clydach Tariff Reform League and of
the Gower Conservative Association, he loses no chance of ramming
home his case and in his own district he is known far and wide as
a gentleman whose power of persuasive argument is greatly
enhanced by a generously cultured mind.
Descended from the family of Meres or Meeres, who held
sway in the Counties of Lincoln and Chester for many generations,
Mr. Miers traces his lineage from Robert de la Mere who was Lord
of the Manor of Mere in 1176, and whose son William was the
nephew of Sir Ralph Venables of Kinderton. The Heralds' visita-
tion of 1634 gives the Meres pedigree, as also does the Harleian
MS in the British Museum, which shows that Sir Thomas Meres
was knighted at Whitehall on the iith, June, 1660, he having been
the Member of Parliament for the City of Lincoln from 1651 to
1658.
One of Sir Thomas's descendants was Nathaniel Miers who
was a citizen of London and a Freeman of the Wire Workers
Company of St. Botolph. The first of the family to take up
residence in South Wales was Nathaniel Miers of Bantable Hall,
Essex, and Lord of the Manor of Mitcham, Surrey, who lived for
some time at Vernon House, Britonferry, co. Glamorgan (which he
rented from Lord Vernon) and who died in 1782. His daughter
married Sir Robert Macworth. His only son, John Nathaniel Miers
of Ynyspenllwch and Cadoxton Lodge, was High Sheriff of Glamor-
ganshire in 1808, and it was his second son, Richard Hill Miers,
who was the father of Mr. Henry Nathaniel Miers, who is the
youngest of five sons.
Mr. Miers was born in 1848 and was educated at West-
minster College, a famous institution which has mentally nourished
some of the foremost of Britain's sons. He married in 1870 Lydia
Kate, daughter of John Mills Probyn, and has three sons, of whom
the eldest is Richard Henry Probyn, and four daughters.
A country gentleman of excellent qualities who makes little
parade or pretence, Mr. Miers nevertheless discharges the duties
attendant upon his position with a diligence, thoughtfulness and
courtesy deserving of all commendation. Nothing pleases him
more than to be able to help where he thinks help is really merited
and will prove beneficial, while as a landlord he enjoys the pleasant
reputation of being at once sympathetic and considerate.
As a Justice of the Peace for the Counties of Glamorgan and
Brecon, Mr. Miers does much useful work, as well as in the capacity
of a Commissioner of Inland Revenue and as a Commissioner of
Land Tax. He is patron of the living of Cadoxton juxta Neath,
and Joint-Lord of the Manors of Caegurwen and Neath Ultra and
Killybebill.
In 1885 he contested the Gower or West Glamorgan
Division of Wales in the Conservative interest and although he
ONF. 01 TH1' L- <:.fc>
One of Sir Thomas's descendants was Nathaniel Miers who
was a citizen of London and a Freeman of the Wire Workers
Company of St. Botolph. The first of the family to take up
residence in South Wales was Nathaniel Miers of Bantable Hall,
Essex, and Lord of the Manor of Mitcham, Surrey, who lived for
some time at Vernon House, Britonferry, co. Glamorgan (which he
rented from Lord Vernon) and who died in 1782. His daughter
married Sir Robert Macworth. His only son, John Nathaniel Miers
of Ynyspeii'lwch and Cadoxton Lodge, was High Sheriff of Glamor-
ganshire m 1808, and it was his second son, Richard Hill Miers,
who was the father of Mr. Henry Nathaniel Miers, who is the
younger, of five sous.
Mi. Miers was born in 1848 and was educated at West-
minster College, a famous institution which has mentally nourished
some of the foremost of Britain's sons. He married in 1870 Lydia
Kate, daughter of John Mills Probyn, and has three sons, of whom
the eldesi js Richard Henry Probyn, and four daughters.
A country gentleman of excellent qualities who makes little
parade or pretence, Mr. Miers nevertheless discharges the duties
attendant upon his position with a diligence, thoughtfulness and
courtesy deserving of all commendation. Nothing pleases him
more thnr. to be able to help where he thinks help is really merited
and will prove beneficial, while as a landlord he enjoys the pleasant
reputation of being at once sympathetic and considerate.
As a Justice of the Peace for the Counties of Glamorgan and
Brecon, Mr. Miers does much useful work, as well as in the capacity
of a Commissioner of Inland Revenue and as a Commissioner of
Land Tax. He is patron of the living of Cadoxton juxta Neath,
and Joint -Lord of the Manors of Caegurwen and Neath Ultra and
Kiiiybebill.
In 1885 he contested the Gower or West Glamorgan
,sion of Wales in the Conservative interest and although he
ONE OF THE LOD<;ES, YNYSPENLLWCH.
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did not win his way to the House of Commons, he had the satis-
faction of knowing that he made an excellent fight and one which
proved that he had a number of warm-hearted supporters who
thoroughly approved of his programme.
A believer in the necessity for the dissemination of education
in our rural districts, Mr. Miers has always been a warm supporter
of the elementary education policy, and when board schools were
first introduced he showed the strength of his opinions by being for
a number of years the Chairman of the Rhyndwyclydach School
Board, a position which was in no sense a nominal one or a sinecure,
but which implied the necessity for much sustained and arduous
work, in the execution of which Mr. Miers had the satisfaction of
knowing that he was sowing seeds which even in his lifetime have
given signs of excellent fruition.
Mr. Miers has let his beautiful seat in the Swansea Valley—
Ynyspenllwch — to Mr. Carl Langer, D.Sc., the Managing Director
of the Mond Nickel Company, whose magnificent works are
situated on the property, Dr. Langer being the inventor of the
new process of refining nickel ore. But Mr. Miers spends a great
deal of his time at his cottage adjoining the park, and has a town
residence at 19, Mornington Avenue, West Kensington.
W. TOWERS SMITH, ESQ.
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\Y. TOWERS SMITH, ;
Ulilliam Cowers Smitl),
ANTS Hill, the handsome seat of Mr. William Towers Smith,
overlooks an ancient township whose history affords an
interesting insight into the progress and development of
civic government. The town of Laugharne is unique, too, in that
it retains ancient privileges and customs which in only a few
isolated cases have survived the general passion for modernity in
forms of local government. There is thus much that is picturesque
and interesting in the parish wherein Mr. Towers Smith is such a
prominent figure and wherein he has been wont for many years to
exercise the varied good offices of a country gentleman.
Laugharne, which was formerly a Roman station, was a
corporate borough at a very early date, a charter of privileges being
granted in the reign of King John by Guy de Brian the elder, then
Lord of the place. After his death in 1307 his son gave a new
charter to the burgesses, confirming the earlier customs and
privileges, and empowering them to elect a Portreeve at Easter and
Michaelmas. This Corporation, comprising Portreeve, Recorder,
six Aldermen, Foreman of the Jury, twenty Jurymen, and four
Constables, still nominally act under the charter of Guy de Brian,
but all corporate acts are practically controlled by various customs
and certain bye-laws enacted by a Grand Jury of the burgesses
early in the eighteenth century, and the present functions of the
Corporation consist solely in the management of their corporate
property, which is of considerable extent and value. Laugharne
Castle, which is now a well-preserved ruin on the shore, was built
early in the eleventh century on the site of a Roman fortification ;
the fortress was dismantled during the Civil War.
Mr. William Towers Smith, who was born at Horfield,
Bristol, is a son of Major Smith, late 54th Regiment, and of Milton
Bank, Carmarthenshire, and was educated at Bristol. He married
in 1894 Augusta Mary, eldest daughter of the late Robert Henry de
Winton, Esq., J.P., D.L., of Graftonbury, Herefordshire. He takes a
keen interest in the affairs of his district, and is a capital sports-
man, particularly fond of shooting and boating. His strong
political support is given to the Unionist cause. Mr. W. Towers
Smith is a Burgess of the Corporation of Laugharne and Vice-
Chairman of the Tariff Reform League.
3ol)n Reward 6ritmi)$,
WELL-KNOWN in many spheres of County administration in
Pembrokeshire, it is perhaps as an educationist that Mr.
John Howard Griffiths, of Lleithyr, St. Davids, has
performed his most useful public service. Always keenly interested
in the subject and convinced of its great importance, he has for
many years been actively identified with the administration of
public education in the County, and is an accepted authority on
the question whose views are regarded with the utmost respect.
While yet a comparatively young man, Mr. Griffiths was
elected a member of the local School Board, and for many years
rendered on that body conspicuously good service as an ardent
educationist, whose enthusiasm was tempered by shrewd business
ability. The passing of the School Boards did not deprive him of
opportunities for useful work in a cause to which he is so heartily
devoted, and he now enjoys ample scope for his activities both in
connection with the County Education Authority, of which he is
Vice-Chairman, and with the County School. He is Vice-Chair-
man of the Board of Managers of the latter.
Mr. Griffiths's public work is represented also by a period of
office on the Board of Guardians. He represents St. Davids on the
Pembrokeshire County Council, undertaking a large share of work
by membership of most of the committees. The chairmanship of
the Parish Council is another office in which he renders good service,
and wherever he is known he is recognised as an able and versatile
public man who, once he has undertaken a public duty, discharges
it with thoroughness and a conscientious regard for his responsi-
bilities.
Apart from his more public work, Mr. Griffiths is largely
interested in agriculture and horticulture, and does his utmost to
further the prosperity of two industries which are of such great
importance to the welfare of the County. He is, however, of opinion
that the land bears too much of the burdens of the State and that
something must be done to attract capital and brains back to the
land and make agricultural life more pleasant and interesting.
Under present circumstances, he believes that the only class to hold
their position and do justice to the land — to get anything like what
they should out of it — are the small farmers. To that end Mr.
Griffiths has already cut up some of his farms into small holdings.
Described as a Moderate Liberal, Mr. Griffiths holds very
decided views on the subject of taxation. The present principle in
this country he holds to be wrong, as he contends that it discour-
ages thrift and industry. On the other hand, he is averse to putting
a tax on bread, the chief article of diet of the child, the aged, and
infirm, the very classes that above all others require assistance from
the State.
Mr. Griffiths, who is a son of the late David Griffiths, Esq.,
and grandson of the Rev. James Griffiths, is a native of Treliwyd,
near St. Davids, where he was born in 1863. He was educated at
private schools at St. Davids and near Bristol. He is married to
Phebe, eldest daughter of the late H. J. Thomas, Esq., of Loch-
turffin.
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mR. David C. Parry, of Stepney Street, Llanelly, has for many
years taken an active part in public life, and despite the
extent of his private business operations in Llanelly and
Kidwelly has found time to give much useful and conscientious
service in behalf of the community, especially in connection with
the County Council. Like all who enter with fitting independence
into public life he has found that the lot of the public man is not
always a happy one, but he has good reason to appreciate that the
rewards of zealous service compensate handsomely in the confidence
and esteem that sound public work must engender in the long run.
In 1905 his colleagues on the Carmarthenshire County
Council elected him Chairman and he discharged with much
ability the functions of an office which is one of the most honour-
able in County life. As the representative of one of the divisions
of Llanelly, Mr. Parry has guarded the interests of that busy sea-
port and borough with unremitting attention, and in all public
affairs has sought to promote the best interests of the locality with
which by commercial ties he is so intimately connected. He
is keenly interested, too, in political questions, and is a sturdy
Liberal.
Mr. Parry was born at Ronwy, Llangranog, Cardiganshire,
and educated at Pontarcg British School and at the Lady Bevan
Endowed School, Rhiwgaam.
JAMES HARRIES, ESQ.
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IT is one of the most pleasing- features of the v.;tv iha; has
attended the work of County Councils since the ,;n>u1 ution of
those authorities that thfv -iiiouid have consi^u.-n'.iy ;ittra --ted
:heir service a large proporuor. of gentlemen whose position, no
*fsf. than their experience and abilities, has enabled them to
resent with good judgment the varied intnests that cl<?.ini
oration. Essentially one. ' these is Mr. Jaw
•castle, wh<3 since 1901 has been a member of the Pembroke -
• ;e County Council foi the Ambleston Division, an.1 whose
is in three contested ekctions suggests verv iiractically the
with which his pulilic work is-, viewed. It nouid, indeed,
n an ungrateful spirit sveie it otherwise. . A g^ntieman with
nterests, he is certainly not one of those who see}t public
-x for the gratification of personal ambition. He is widely
i as a busy and able agriculturist, and that he should have
added to his round of duties the cares of a position that makes so
much demand on time and energies as membership of the County
Council, is rather a tribute to his public-spirit and his readiness to
serve those whose confidence he enjoys in such a marked degree.
JAMES HARRIES, ESQ.
James Parries, €$4.
IT is one of the most pleasing features of the success that has
attended the work of County Councils since the constitution of
those authorities that they should have consistently attracted
to their service a large proportion of gentlemen whose position, no
less than their experience and abilities, has enabled them to
represent with good judgment the varied interests that claim
consideration. Essentially one of these is Mr. James Harries, of
Hayscastle, who since 1901 has been a member of the Pembroke-
shire County Council for the Ambleston Division, and whose
success in three contested elections suggests very practically the
favour with which his public work is viewed. It would, indeed,
betoken an ungrateful spirit were it otherwise. A gentleman with
many interests, he is certainly not one of those who seek public
office for the gratification of personal ambition. He is widely
known as a busy and able agriculturist, and that he should have
added to his round of duties the cares of a position that makes so
much demand on time and energies as membership of the County
Council, is rather a tribute to his public-spirit and his readiness to
serve those whose confidence he enjoys in such a marked degree.
Anyhow, at the request of many of his neighbours, he
placed his services at the disposal of his native County, and was
duly elected in 1901 a member of the Council. His abilities as an
administrator did not long escape recognition, and it was not long
before such an eminently practical body very properly regarded
their new colleague as one capable of excellent service. His able
public work during the succeeding years has, of course, deepened
the appreciation of his services. Exercising a steadily increasing
influence, he has taken a large share in County affairs, his varied
experience, shrewd judgment, and knowledge of local conditions
combining to constitute a strong force in the administrative control
of the County. He serves on the Main Roads and Public Works
Committees, also on the Standing Joint Committee, and the Small
Holdings Committee under the New Act ; is a member of the
Education Authority of the County, and of three Sub- Committees
of the latter, over one of which — the Furnishing and School Supply
Committee — he is Chairman.
Mr. Harries is actively engaged in agricultural operations of
an extensive character. He farms a good deal of land, and devotes
much attention to the breeding of horses and cattle, and also to
corn and root growing.
A native of Pembrokeshire, Mr. Harries was born at Hen
Eglwzs, in the parish of Letterstone, and was educated at Newton
British School, Brawdy National School, and Haverfordwest
Moravian School. He married Annetta Rosina, eldest daughter of
the late James Jenkins, Esq., of Brienaston Hall (formerly County
Councillor for the Ambleston Division).
In politics Mr. Harries gives his support to the Liberal
Party.
W. G. STKDMAN THOMAS, ESQ.
ECTFULLY regarded -A* a " Gr,.nd Old >
n, Mr. William G \vynne St-dnian Thonvt*, •,
!>..use, Pensarn, has throughout hi.; litr
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his native town, in the affair> ot v\
•cised the beneficent influence of ;.» -.ntr. n.ding
sonality. Although ins public ivtiv ;iy belongs nu<
.v ly to the pa.->t, he has lost none of his a'f . ;;«t, :,->r the
h so many of his interests have ber o;rnti>:--
\ ge IV. was King, he is one of th - fe<'
<:'£ L>:-al history of those bygone days.
•ievM Guild Hall Square at Carmnrhen u^? !:vs
birthpk $22. The local Grammar School
then to ; rabl\ antiquity, and it was to that institution,
which tl. : pied fv mises in Priory Street, tba: he was in due
course se ds <x tinuing his stud; /,
Llandilo. '.tudiom iclinations, he was thus well-equi^r.od
for the bi hat lay bv re him.
In • 'iat has \ xn so full, one can touch only or, the
more publ :;K»rtant of\ -: varied interests. Throughonchis
life he has '.y in touch -.vith public affairs, and in matters
of local g served for y years upon the Borough
\Y. G. STKI>MA THOMAS,
William 6u>pnnc Stcaman Chomas, €$q.
RESPECTFULLY regarded as a " Grand Old Man" of Carmar-
then, Mr. William Gwynne Stedman Thomas, of Belle Vue
House, Pensarn, has throughout his life evinced a keen
interest in his native town, in the affairs of which he has consis-
tently exercised the beneficent influence of a commanding and
upright personality. Although his public activity belongs now
almost entirely to the past, he has lost none of his affection for the
district in which so many of his interests have been centred, and,
born when George IV. was King, he is one of the few remaining
links with the local history of those bygone days.
The ancient Guild Hall Square at Carmarthen was his
birthplace in 1822. The local Grammar School had claims even
then to considerable antiquity, and it was to that institution,
which then occupied premises in Priory Street, that he was in due
course sent, afterwards continuing his studies at Andrews's Academy,
Llandilo. With studious inclinations, he was thus well-equipped
for the busy life that lay before him.
In a career that has been so full, one can touch only on the
more public and important of his varied interests. Throughout his
life he has kept closely in touch with public affairs, and in matters
of local government served for many years upon the Borough
Corporation, serving the community with the utmost zeal and
sincerity. A patriotic Welshman and one who has always
displayed a deep affection for local history and tradition, Mr.
Thomas has found in pursuits of a genealogical character one of
the greatest interests of his life. His studies in this direction have
been of great extent and value, and he was highly complimented
by the late Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms, upon many
emendations supplied in respect of Cambrian Genealogies. He
has contributed to " Antiquities of Laugharne, Pendine, and
Neighbourhoods " (by Mary Curtis), and has been a frequent contri-
butor of heraldic and historic Cambrian data to the Notes and
Queries columns of the " National Magazine of Wales." Some of
his work also appears in " Miscellany of Carmarthenshire " (Notes
by Arthur Mee), and he has occasionally contributed articles to
" The Welshman," a weekly newspaper published at Carmarthen.
Judging by his lengthy connection with and good work on
behalf of the craft, Mr. Thomas has not been less keenly interested
in Freemasonry. Quite the oldest local Freemason, he is regarded
as the " Father " of the St. Peter's Lodge, Carmarthen, of which he
is a Past Worshipful Master, and he has been presented by the
Brethren with a testimonial in grateful recognition of the leading
part he has taken in Masonic work for many years. For ten
consecutive years Mr. Thomas was Vicar's Warden of the ancient
Parish Church of St. Peter, Carmarthen, and enjoyed the cordial
esteem of the late learned Dr. Connop Thirlwall, Bishop of St.
David's. An observant student of political questions, Mr. Thomas
belongs to the moderate and progressive Conservative persuasion.
Mr. Thomas married in 1853, at St. John's Episcopal Church,
Edinburgh, Julia Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the Hon. John
Shafto Vaughan, of Moredun Mains, Edinburgh, third son of the
3rd Earl of Lisburne, and younger brother of the 4th Earl of
Lisburne, of Cross wood Park, Aberystwyth. Mr. Thomas's three
sons and three daughters all survive.
Paternally, Mr. Thomas descends through the Thomases of
Upper Penybank, near Carmarthen, and The Plas, Llangunnock,
co. Carmarthen, from Llewellyn ab Madoc, Lord of Abernant and
Conwil Elvet in Whittigada, who did homage to Edward the Black
Prince at Cardigan in 1344, the said Thomas family being a
younger branch of the Morgans of Tredegar, co. Monmouth, and of
the Phillipses of Picton Castle, co. Pembroke. He descends
maternally from the Stedmans and Gwynne Protheros of Dolygaer,
co. Brecon, the Lloyds of Llanllawddog, co. Carmarthen, the
Joneses of Abermad, co. Cardigan, and the older line of the
knightly House of Pryse of Gogerddan, co. Cardigan.
I). GEORGE GRIFFITHS, ESQ.
eeorge firirriths,
H PROMINENT j-.irricultucipt in Pembroke
ng in tlu* ' Jftvt-rn clr ca-:U Mi. LXr
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public?' thnf Indus1/ y. ^-,..' ;;.i"rdvd ;
of the mcvl ni --entatives oi " tb»; f.^ '-)mmuHiry on
rnbroke Coin il. Since he became Connected with th
iy in 1900, •• for tho N'm'ern ElertC'rai Divi.-ion. tu-
a reco^; is collea^'iu'S as a valuable iorcr Jr. :
. having coi • d a keen iuterrst in oli qt
•:g the welfare of ! :ty fin<} acted with a <.-lo-
rul requirements.
Mr. Grifli. ^ kept himsolf thor(';
ing th
ks on ti
Daoid George firiffitbs,
H PROMINENT agriculturist in Pembrokeshire, largely interes-
ted in farming in the Nevern district, Mr. David George
Griffiths, of Henllys, Velindre, has done much good work in
public capacities in behalf of that industry, and is regarded as one
of the most able representatives of the farming community on the
Pembroke County Council. Since he became connected with that
body in 1900, as member for the Nevern Electoral Division, he has
been recognised among his colleagues as a valuable force in public
life, having consistently displayed a keen interest in all questions
affecting the welfare of the County and acted with a close personal
knowledge of local conditions and requirements.
Mr. Griffiths has always kept himself thoroughly familiar
with current legislation and conditions affecting the farming
interest, and speaks on this subject with the authority of a wide
experience. He was one of the delegates deputed by the Pembroke
County Council to visit Ireland for the purpose of investigating the
Agricultural Co-operative Movement as it is in operation there ;
and he is also a member of the County Education Authority. His
public work, however, is not exclusively devoted to the wider
interests of the County. In the neighbourhood of his own home
his public services are considerable. He is a member of the Nevern
Parish Council, and in other local capacities serves his fellows
well.
Born at Brithdir Mawr, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Mr Griffiths
was educated at Newport Board School and Haverfordwest
Grammar School. He is Liberal in politics.
A- T. WILLIAMS, Esg.
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Baglan House
fellows as a gentleman of vev
a leading part in the.
;e has proved hU .•>.
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VERY correctly described as one of the most active public men
in the Neath district, Mr. Arthur Thomas Williams, of
Baglan House, is firmly established in the confidence of his
fellows as a gentleman of very sound views, well qualified to take
a leading part in the affairs of his native County. In a variety of
offices he has proved his ability, and the usefulness of his services
is generously acknowledged by all who are familiar with his
career.
As Chairman of the Neath Harbour Commissioners he has
ably discharged duties demanding peculiar knowledge and a ready
grasp of intricate business details, his resource and tact being
always equal to the occasion. It was due to his efforts that the
Harbour was made a solvent undertaking. Indeed, as Chairman
in any gathering of business men he is exceeding well placed.
One of the most important and certainly the busiest of all the
Committees in connection with the Neath Union is that which deals
with the heavy assessment business. Over this Committee Mr.
Williams has presided with marked success, and despite the
constant supervision which the office necessitates, has devoted
himself zealously to his responsible duties, as he has also as
Chairman of the Neath District Highway Board, and Chairman of
the Ystradfellte Water Undertaking, which is to supply the Neath
Rural District as well as the towns of Neath, Aberavon, and Briton
Ferry with water.
In County affairs generally Mr. Williams takes a keen and
active interest. He is a member of the Glamorganshire County
Council, serves on the County Standing Joint Committee, and is a
member of the Neath Rural District Council and Board of
Guardians. His round of public duties leaves him with none too
ample leisure, but he finds time to indulge in a good deal of
hunting and shooting, and takes a leading part in Gun-dog Field
Trials. He is Unionist in politics.
Born at Aberdare, Mr. Williams was educated at Bath, and
married Eliza, second daughter of William John Player, Esq.
COUNTY ALDERMAN THOMAS JONES.
Countp fllderitair Cftomas .IOIKS.
CHE career of Alderman Thomas Jon^s. of
very pleasing instance of trie usrf<
who knov. ^g t,-f th'- dignity of l.\\: <>i
rd that co: uuous and wd -directed tnH
• rly half a has- taken an active interest !u
rs of his di rid he hai deservedly risea to a ] .on of
our in the County life of Glamorganshire.
\
Born at Clydach in the Swansea Valley on NwV'v.'!»;>/;
1841, h; ">nly tey years of age when he began
tinplate works near his home. He had, however, what ,
.ood average education, acquired at the Vardre
School, Clydach, under the Rev. John James, Unitarian n of
,en, and Robert James, of Llansamlet (Squire Smitli's
School), Fortunately, the young worker did not regard his
education as completed when he left the &• )m. He realised
that oae . r too old to learn, an aly owes a good
deal of j in life to his readiness to a ,
a, no less vlian to the keenness acd r he showed in
work as a you-
COUNTY
= JON Lb.
Countp fllderman CDomas Jones.
CHE career of Alderman Thomas Jones, of Clydach, affords a
very pleasing instance of the useful public work of a man
who knows something of the dignity of labour and the
reward that comes of strenuous and well-directed industry. For
nearly half a century he has taken an active interest in the public
affairs of his district, and he has deservedly risen to a position of
honour in the County life of Glamorganshire.
Born at Clydach in the Swansea Valley on November gth,
1841, he was only ten years of age when he began working in
the tinplate works near his home. He had, however, what was
in those days a good average education, acquired at the Vardre
School, Clydach, under the Rev. John James, Unitarian minister of
Gellionen, and Robert James, of Llansamlet (Squire Smith's
School). Fortunately, the young worker did not regard his
education as completed when he left the schoolroom. He realised
that one was never too old to learn, and he certainly owes a good
deal of his success in life to his readiness to acquire knowledge of
all sorts, no less than to the keenness and resource he showed in his
work as a youngster.
After a few years industriously spent in the tinplate works,
young Jones at the age of fifteen entered the apprenticeship of a
mason with his father, and acquired a sound knowledge of his
trade, but a few years later his enterprise led him to launch out
independently in the business world. Marrying in August, 1864,
Hannah Gwilym, adopted daughter of John Gwilym, of Clydach,
he at the age of twenty- two started contracting as a builder,
and for twenty-four years was successfully engaged in business.
Retiring from the building trade, he was afterwards engaged
till 1903 as foreman and general agent in the employment of
John Player, Esq., of Clydach Foundry and Tinplate Works. He
is now practising as an architect and valuer, and is also the local
agent and rent-collector for the Trustees of the estate of the late
William Martin, Esq. (Ynistawe estate), of which John Player, Esq.,
is the chief Trustee. As a builder Mr. Jones erected several chapels,
while as an architect he has been engaged in much important work.
The principal public work of Mr. Jones has been as a Poor
Law Guardian and a member of the County Council. For twenty-
one years he rendered very able service as a member of the Pontar-
dawe Board of Guardians, and he retired in March, 1904, to
undertake valuation of the house property of the Union, a respon-
sible undertaking which he has now completed. When the
District Council Act came into force, Mr. Jones was elected first
Chairman of the newly-constituted rural authority, and was again
chosen for the honour in the third year of its existence. By virtue
of his office he took his seat during these two years on the Bench of
Magistrates at Pontardawe.
With the Glamorganshire County Council Mr. Jones has
been connected ever since its formation, as the representative of the
Swansea Valley Division. In 1900 he was elected an Alderman,
and was re-appointed for another term of six years in 1906, his
colleagues very properly recognising his value to an authority
wherin he enjoys such a large measure of confidence and esteem.
Politically, Mr. Jones is a Liberal and well-known as a sturdy
member of the Party, having for nearly fifty years taken an active
part in all Parliamentary elections in his district, besides making
his voice heard in local contests when important questions have
been at issue.
As becomes a gentleman so well versed as he is in industrial
problems, Mr. Jones has a high appreciation of the useful work of
recognised Friendly Societies. For half a century he has been
actively attached to the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, and for
thirty years has been Treasurer of his own Lodge and of the Morris-
ton District of that Order, his valuable and conscientious services
in that capacity being recognised by a presentation from the
District of a lifesize portrait of himself and Mrs. Jones in crayon.
His own Lodge — the Loyal Glantawe — which is now held at Glais
Clydach, presented him with a gold watch in May, 1905, in
recognition of his many services as member and officer.
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